Hard of hearing means having difficulty in hearing sounds. He is hard of hearing.
It describes partial loss where deaf describes profound loss, and the distinction matters to people. Somebody hard of hearing is helped far more by a quiet room than by being shouted at.
1phrasehard of hearingHaving difficulty in hearing sounds.
“Her father was hard of hearing for the last twenty years of his life.”
hard of hearing is a phrase.
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