"hard of hearing" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-hard of hearing.ogg [Australia] Forms: more hard of hearing [comparative], most hard of hearing [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} hard of hearing (comparative more hard of hearing, superlative most hard of hearing)
  1. (idiomatic) Having difficulty hearing; somewhat deaf. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Hearing Synonyms: HoH, hearing-impaired Translations (having difficulty hearing): 有聽覺障礙 (Chinese Mandarin), 有听觉障碍 (yǒu tīngjué zhàng'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), 耳背 (ěrbèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 耳沉 (ěrchén) (Chinese Mandarin), tunghør (Danish), hardhorig (Dutch), vaegkuulmisega (Estonian), kõva kuulmisega (Estonian), huonokuuloinen (Finnish), kuulovikainen (Finnish), heikkokuuloinen (Finnish), dur d’oreille (French), malentendant (French), სმენადაქვეითებული (smenadakveitebuli) (Georgian), schwerhörig (German), hörgeschädigt (German), βαρήκοος (varíkoos) (Greek), nagyothalló (Hungarian), heyrnarskert [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), nach bhfuil an éisteacht go maith agat (Irish), duro d'orecchi [masculine] (Italian), duro di timpani [masculine] (Italian), duro di udito [masculine] (Italian), debole di udito (Italian), sordastro [masculine] (Italian), surdaster (Latin), jééhkał (Navajo), tunghørt (Norwegian Bokmål), tunghøyrd (Norwegian Nynorsk), malausent (Occitan), malentendent (Occitan), dur d'aurelha (Occitan), schwoahierich (Plautdietsch), niedosłyszący (Polish), przygłuchy (Polish), głuchawy (Polish), słabosłyszący [masculine] (Polish), surdo (Portuguese), туго́й на́ у́хо (tugój ná úxo) (Russian), тугоу́хий (tugoúxij) (Russian), глухова́тый (gluxovátyj) (Russian), duro de oído (Spanish), teniente (note: colloquial; preceded by estar) [Spain] (Spanish), lomhörd (Swedish), hörselskadad (english: hearing-impaired) (Swedish), trwm ei glyw [masculine] (Welsh), trwm ei chlyw [feminine] (Welsh), trwm eu clyw [plural] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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          "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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          "roman": "tugój ná úxo",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "有听觉障碍"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "ěrbèi",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "耳背"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "耳沉"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "tunghør"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "hardhorig"
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "dur d’oreille"
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "malentendant"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "smenadakveitebuli",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "სმენადაქვეითებული"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "schwerhörig"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "hörgeschädigt"
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "varíkoos",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "βαρήκοος"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "nagyothalló"
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "nach bhfuil an éisteacht go maith agat"
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "word": "sordastro"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "jééhkał"
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "surdo"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tugój ná úxo",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "туго́й на́ у́хо"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tugoúxij",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "тугоу́хий"
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      "roman": "gluxovátyj",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "lomhörd"
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      "code": "sv",
      "english": "hearing-impaired",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "word": "hörselskadad"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trwm ei glyw"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trwm ei chlyw"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having difficulty hearing",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "trwm eu clyw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hard of hearing"
}

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