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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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In the worst cases, trading standards investigators said one driver was given a "full pass" despite being "profoundly deaf" while another was "recorded as having perfect vision" despite having a glass eye.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

He was becoming profoundly deaf and now sported bright pink hearing aids, but his work had made him wealthy.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

Lucy, 22, was diagnosed as being profoundly deaf at nine months.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 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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