deafness

/ dĕf′nĭs /

1. The lack or severe impairment of the ability to hear. Deafness is usually genetic or congenital as a result of prenatal viral infection, birth trauma, or other causes. Acquired deafness is caused mostly by drug toxicity, trauma, and certain diseases. Cochlear implants are used to treat some forms of deafness.

Example Sentences

With the farm failing, Thea gets a job at a cafe where she meets Ray, who uses sign language because of his own deafness.

From Los Angeles Times

She is partially sighted and has recently been worried about her hearing too, because deafness runs in her family.

From BBC

She said old people, who would otherwise suffer isolation through deafness, could instead "embrace their deafness by having a visual language" in the future.

From BBC

However, Nicholas says Beethoven’s deafness is not often explored in detail.

From BBC

Early on in her career, she said she was told by other tattoo artists that her "deafness would be an issue" because her first language was British Sign Language.

From BBC