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hearing dog

A dog trained to assist a deaf or hearing-impaired person by signaling the occurrence of certain sounds, such as a ringing telephone or doorbell.

hearing dog

(Medicine) a dog that has been specially trained to help deaf or partially deaf people by alerting them to sounds such as a ringing doorbell, an alarm, etc.

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hearing dog - dog trained to assist the deaf by signaling the occurrence of certain sounds

working dog - any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs

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That was good news for trainer Lori Ramey from the Sam Simon Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides hearing dogs - known also as assistance dogs - to deaf and hard- of-hearing people.

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With service dogs as the cornerstone, the CCI program expanded in the 1980's to hearing dogs trained to alert the deaf or hearing-impaired to the sounds they cannot hear, as well as social dogs for children with disabilities, individuals with developmental disabilities or any situation where the supervision of a third party is required.

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hearing dog (redirected from Hearing dogs)

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