profoundly deaf
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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He said: "You can't have somebody locked in hospital who's now de-skilled, profoundly deaf, non-verbal, and just told they are free to go home."
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
Jodie, who is profoundly deaf and was fitted with a cochlear implant at a young age, credits their support for shaping who she is today.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025
Wendy Martin, who is 68 and from Oxford, is "profoundly deaf" and uses a hearing aid.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
Sade Oram, 25, and her younger sister Topaz, 23, were diagnosed profoundly deaf as toddlers and fitted with cochlear implants.
From BBC ● May 23, 2024
In the last two years of his life, now profoundly deaf and mosdy bedridden by severe illness, Beethoven withdrew into a private sound world, composing six string quartets of astonishing, unapproachable intensity.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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