hearing impaired

hearing-impaired

Deaf or partially deaf. Some deaf people advocate the avoidance of this term in favor of the more straightforwardly descriptive terms “deaf” and “hard of hearing.” Grandpa is hearing-impaired, so be prepared to speak loudly or repeat yourself a lot.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hearing impaired

Euph. deaf or nearly deaf. This program is closed-captioned for our hearing-impaired viewers. His mother happens to be hearing impaired, so he learned to sign at an early age.
See also: hearing, impaired
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • hearing-impaired
  • impaired
  • stone deaf
  • be as deaf as a post
  • deaf
  • deaf as a post
  • (as) deaf as a post
  • preach to deaf ears
  • yes and no
  • give it to (one) straight
References in periodicals archive
He further added that the project intended to address issues such as the shortage of relevant health-related materials suitable for the hearing impaired, lack of sign language interpreters and language barriers.
Training was imparted to 1152 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), including 188 physically handicapped, 28 persons of Rehabilitation Center for Children with Developmental Disorder 884 visually impaired and 52 hearing impaired persons during the said period of three years.
The agreements were signed by Faisal bin Abdul Aziz al- Shanfari, GM of Joint Services at Oman Oil Marketing Company and Sultan bin Nasser al- A'mri, Chairman of the Omani Association for Hearing Impaired, Ibrahim bin Hamdoon al- Harthy, Chairman of Al Noor Association for the Blind and Hamad bin Salim al- Kindi, Chairman of the Omani Association for the Elderly Friends.
In order to meet the problems and challenges of the hearing impaired child's education regionally and internationally, the following study was carried out.
Most of the parents mentioned that they need counseling in domains including; assessment and diagnosis of hearing impairment, communication strategies with hearing impaired children, speech therapy, hearing aid maintenance and dealing problems of hearing impaired children.
Means and standard deviation of the control and the speech and hearing impaired children were calculated.
Gulf Business Machines (GBM) has partnered with the Oman Association for the Hearing Impaired to support its memA[degrees] bers with employment opportuA[degrees] nities.
There is an even greater lack of Saudi Arabian studies addressing citizenship among the hearing impaired. The current study tried to investigate if the citizenship level among female students differ from those who have a hearing impairment and those who do not have this impairment.
Legally, nurses have an obligation to do whatever it takes to effectively communicate with patients who are hearing impaired. For example, nurses are expected to ask the patient or the family to explain the patient's communication needs and describe the communication services required.
He also said that there are 3,000 agents in Vodafone for services offered to hearing impaired customers.
Amman, June 13 (Petra) -- A Russian doctor, leading a team of Jordanian specialists, carried out cochlear implants for a number of hearing impaired children of various ages, as part of HRH Crown Prince Hussein's Hearing Without Borders initiative, which he launched in December last year.
HERE AT BROADWOOD Primary School we are lucky to have a Hearing-Impaired Additionally Resourced Centre (HIARC) in our school which helps hearing impaired children.
This is so for library patrons with disabilities as reflected in the National Policy on Education (2004) which stipulates a definite provision of captions resources for the hearing impaired students in Nigeria.
"It is equally important for employees in banks, hospitals, the government and private sectors to learn sign language as they also have to deal with the hearing impaired," she said.
Lucena City, Quezon -- Some 30 special education (SPED) students, including the hearing impaired, blind, deaf-mute, autistic and mentally challenged, took a leap in appreciating the magic of reading in a fun-filled story-telling at SM City Lucena, yesterday.