hearing impairment

hear·ing im·pair·ment

H h

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [heer-ing im-pair-muh nt]
- /ˈhɪər ɪŋ ɪmˈpɛər mənt/
- /ˈhɪərɪŋ ɪmˈpɛːm(ə)nt/

Definition of hearing impairment words

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
learning disability — a disorder, as dyslexia, usually affecting school-age children of normal or above-normal intelligence, characterized by difficulty in understanding or using spoken or written language, and thought to be related to impairment or slowed development of perceptual motor skills.

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