What does hearing-impaired mean?

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hearing-impaired

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Frequency: 3.65 in modern English

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"As a result of a childhood accident, my sister was hearing-impaired and had to wear a hearing aid."

more hearing-impaired (comparative) most hearing-impaired (superlative)

hard-of-hearing

What does hearing-impaired mean?: Having some degree of deafness; hard of hearing.

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