Idiom
hard of hearing
Meaning
Having difficulty hearing; somewhat deaf.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My grandmother is hard of hearing, so speak loudly.”
“The man at the back is hard of hearing, so could you repeat that more clearly?”
“Though he had grown hard of hearing over the years, he refused to wear a hearing aid, preferring to lean in and ask people to repeat themselves.”
Examples
simple
“My grandmother is hard of hearing, so speak loudly.”
contextual
“The man at the back is hard of hearing, so could you repeat that more clearly?”
complex
“Though he had grown hard of hearing over the years, he refused to wear a hearing aid, preferring to lean in and ask people to repeat themselves.”
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