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profoundly deaf

British  

adjective

  1. unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Ms Hext, who was born with a hearing impairment and is now profoundly deaf, will be competing in the S5 100m freestyle.

From BBC Aug. 28, 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

Eli Lilly announced this week, for example, that a profoundly deaf boy from Morocco given its treatment as part of a clinical trial in Philadelphia can now hear.

From Science Magazine Jan. 26, 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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