hearing impairment

Example Sentences

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Some Alport patients are deaf; others have moderate hearing impairment.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

Ms Hext, who was born with a hearing impairment and is now profoundly deaf, will be competing in the S5 100m freestyle.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024

The risk was highest for structural head injuries -- 26 times the risk, hearing impairment -- almost eight times the risk, and motor impairment -- almost five times the risk.

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2024

We know little about him, other than he’s a recluse and is tortured by an increasingly debilitating tinnitus-like hearing impairment.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022

When Muffy was 2, it was discovered that she suffered from a serious hearing impairment.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max