| 单词 | profoundly deaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprofoundly deaf profoundly deaf adj. having hearing that is severely impaired, esp. to an extent that prevents the understanding of speech by listening only.Later often used specifically of persons unable to hear sounds quieter than 80 to 95 decibels. ΚΠ 1834 15th Ann. Rep. N.-Y. Inst. for Instr. Deaf & Dumb 1833 32 Our country, at this moment, presents us with a remarkable phenomenon, in the existence of three mute writers of poetry, all profoundly deaf. 1922 Amer. Ann. of Deaf 67 149 The profoundly deaf baby's brain..receives no impressions from speech if his eyes do not chance to be focused on the lips of the speaker at the moment of the utterance. 2021 West Australian (Perth) (Nexis) 15 May 11 An audiologist diagnoses her as ‘profoundly deaf’ in her left ear. < as lemmas |
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