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Recent Examples of hard of hearing
With a film that attracts deaf and hard of hearing audiences, O’Daniel and Davis focused on captions that would make the film more immersive and easier to follow.
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Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2025
There still aren’t many films with a deaf or hard of hearing person of color as lead.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
He’s known about the popularity of hockey within the Deaf and hard of hearing communities for years.
—Scott Powers, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Interpretation Added to Other Shows PBS KIDS is also reaching children who are Deaf and hard of hearing by adding American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation to a variety of shows.
—Jaclyn Greenberg, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
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Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2025
There still aren’t many films with a deaf or hard of hearing person of color as lead.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
He’s known about the popularity of hockey within the Deaf and hard of hearing communities for years.
—Scott Powers, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Interpretation Added to Other Shows PBS KIDS is also reaching children who are Deaf and hard of hearing by adding American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation to a variety of shows.
—Jaclyn Greenberg, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard of hearing
Adjective
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The exhibition will showcase the radical contributions of disabled, deaf and neurodivergent people and communities to design and contemporary culture, stretching from the 1940s to the present day.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The former is deaf and immigrated to the U.S. from Poland as a child.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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In-Home Supportive Services provides in-home assistance to eligible aged, blind and disabled people as an alternative to out-of-home care.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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This includes blind testing and third-party audits conducted by ECCO.—
Andrew DeAngelo,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Laura, who lost her daughter Cathy months prior, is already looking after a young foster child named Ollie (Jonah Wren Phillips), a strange, selectively mute boy who has an insatiable appetite and a blood feud with the family cat.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
16 May 2025
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Roku’s advancements in remote technology over the last 15 years are visually subtle, and include a volume rocker and mute button on the right edge and a pinhole microphone near the top for voice control.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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Peter’s ultimate prescription to treat the diseased system of money and power was to get rid of the cabal of satanic Jews that has taken over the world outside his Kingdom.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2025
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After removal, the T-cells are genetically modified to recognize a specific protein within cancer cells and infused back into the patient’s immune system to search and destroy the diseased cells.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2025
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The move came after state public health inspectors fined Golden Legacy for handcuffing an incapacitated patient’s ankle to the bed in violation of state and federal laws.—
Don Thompson,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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The 25th Amendment also has a controversial provision that allows the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet, or the majority of another body that Congress designated by law, to initiate the transfer of powers from an incapacitated president to the vice president.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Hard of hearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard%20of%20hearing. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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