See Also: deaf(medicine)
deaf(1)(dictionary)
deaf(2)(dictionary)
deaf(dictionary)
deaf-mute(medicine)
tone-deaf(dictionary)
stone deaf(dictionary)
deaf mute(dictionary)
deaf mute(dictionary)
Deaf Emergency Telewriter(health)

deaf (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin:]
physically unable to hear anything or unable to hear well
-see also hearing impaired hearing impaired
::communication between deaf and hearing people
::I think Mum's going a bit deaf .
::She's deaf and dumb (=unable to hear or speak) and communicates using sign language.
::Tom was born profoundly deaf (=completely deaf) .
stone deaf/deaf as a post informal (=completely deaf)
-see also hard of hearing , tone-deaf
the deaf [plural] people who are deaf
::a school for the deaf
be deaf to sth
literary to be unwilling to hear or listen to something
::She was deaf to his pleas.
turn a deaf ear (to sth)
to be unwilling to listen to what someone is saying or asking
::The factory owners turned a deaf ear to the demands of the workers.
fall on deaf ears
if advice or a warning falls on deaf ears, everyone ignores it
-- deafness n [U]