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How to pronounce deaf in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms indifferent


deaf to her warnings.
Type Words
Synonyms deafen
Type of desensitise, desensitize


a deafening noise.
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Derivation deafness
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Type of people


many of the deaf use sign language.

Examples of deaf

deaf
Each student experienced being blind, deaf, and mute through various activities.
From the desmoinesregister.com
How are the deaf children catered for from an educational perspective in Katine?
From the guardian.co.uk
In Soroti there is only one school for the blind and deaf, called Madera school.
From the guardian.co.uk
Her husband Mario, 67, is partially deaf and not affected, but she certainly is.
From the guardian.co.uk
Lead a campaign to ensure that only deaf mutes are admitted to football matches.
From the guardian.co.uk
To be honest most people go deaf by listening to music too loudly to begin with.
From the thisishampshire.net
Surgeons are often deaf to patients'compelling desire for less invasive options.
From the time.com
Ok, this one isn't as bad as moving the deaf people near the airport, but close.
From the toledoblade.com
Tyler's generation, hearing experts say, will redefine what it means to be deaf.
From the latimes.com
More examples
  • Deafen: make or render deaf; "a deafening noise"
  • Lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
  • People who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"
  • Deaf(p): (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; "deaf to her warnings"
  • (deafness) partial or complete loss of hearing
  • Hearing impairment or hard of hearing or deafness refers to conditions in which individuals are fully or partially unable to detect or perceive at least some frequencies of sound which can typically be heard by members of their species. ...
  • Deaf, the debut album from J. G. Thirlwell's You've Got Foetus on Your Breath was released in 1981 on Thirlwell's own Self Immolation Records label. Thirsty Ear reissued the album as a CD in 1997 in the US. ...
  • Deaf people considered as a group; Not having the faculty of hearing, or only partially able to hear
  • Of or relating to the culture surrounding deaf users of sign languages