Deaf
Deaf noun - People who have severe hearing impairments.
Usage example: many of the deaf use sign language
Nearby Words: deafness, deafly
Both words in one sentence
- People who have never visited America or Canada might be convinced...if they're deaf.
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In multiple episodes, they enhance people's mouths in grainy surveillance footage so Sue (a deaf lip reader) can tell what they're saying.
Source: Enhance Button - After their pleas to the government fall on deaf ears, the inhabitants turn to Osama bin Laden of all people.
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