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hearing impairment
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Noun1.hearing impairment - impairment of the sense of hearing
hearing disorder
disability, disablement, handicap, impairment - the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"
deafness, hearing loss - partial or complete loss of hearing
conduction deafness, conductive hearing loss, middle-ear deafness - hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear
auditory hyperesthesia, hyperacusia, hyperacusis - abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels
nerve deafness, sensorineural hearing loss - hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve
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The service, initially used to support the organisation of the 21st Summer Deaflympics held in Taipei on 5-15 September 2009, is expected to benefit over 200,000 deaf and hearing impaired people in Taiwan.
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The other institution is Al-Amal school in Madaba which includes 17 male and 13 female students, and offers resources for the hearing impaired up to 7th grade.
The plight of Jordan's hearing-impaired youth by The Star (Amman, Jordan)
Byline: Margaret Cartmell MY SON, who is deaf, was one of the first children in 1991 to go to Shenley Hearing Impaired Unit.
Letter: Your Say - Shenley Court unit by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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