hearinghear‧ing /ˈhɪərɪŋ $ ˈhɪr-/ ●●● S3 W2 noun 
She has remarkable hearing for a lady of her age. a child with a hearing disability → hard of hearing2[countable] a meeting of a court or special committee to find out the facts about a case: a court hearing a disciplinary hearing3[countable usually singular] an opportunity for someone to explain their actions, ideas, or opinions: Let’s give both sides a fair hearing.4in/within somebody’s hearing if you say something in someone’s hearing, you say it where they can hear you: There are some words we don’t use in the children’s hearing.COLLOCATIONSverbshave good/bad etc hearing· Dogs have excellent hearing.lose your hearing (=become unable to hear)· He lost his hearing as a child after suffering scarlet fever.affect/impair your hearing (=make your hearing worse)· Listening to loud music will eventually impair your hearing.somebody's hearing gets worse (also somebody's hearing deteriorates)· The medication seemed to make her hearing get worse.somebody's hearing goes (=someone becomes unable to hear)· His hearing has gone in one ear.adjectivesgood/sharp/acute· My hearing isn't as good as it used to be.· Owls and other predatory birds have very acute hearing.bad/poor· Poor hearing can affect your social relationships.impaired (=having problems with hearing)· There are about 11,000 people in the UK whose sight and hearing are both severely impaired.normal· He was born with normal hearing but became deaf at the age of 11.hearing + NOUNhearing loss· Many older people suffer from some degree of hearing loss.a hearing problem/difficulty/impairment· a special telephone for people with hearing problemsphrasesbe hard of hearing (=not be able to hear well)· The subtitling service is intended for people who are hard of hearing.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a public hearing
- Bats have a very powerful sense of hearing.
- My hearing's not very good - can you speak a little louder please?
- My hearing isn't as good as it used to be.
- Paula lost her hearing after a tragic car accident.
- Years of playing in a rock band had resulted in a loss of hearing.
- As a general principle it was recommended that hearings should be in public and that reasons should be given for decisions.
- Industry feared that even quite harmless products might have to be subjected to lengthy and costly hearings as a result.
- The order resulted from an appeal hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
- Thompson is seeking Senate approval for a $ 6. 5 million budget to conduct wide-ranging hearings later this year.
- Who at this point remembers a single moment in the Whitewater hearings that transcended hyperventilating partisanship?
Longman Language Activatorthe ability to hear
: somebody's hearing · My hearing's not very good - can you speak a little louder please?sense of hearing · Bats have a very powerful sense of hearing.lose your hearing (=become unable to hear) · Paula lost her hearing after a tragic car accident.loss of hearing · Years of playing in a rock band had resulted in a loss of hearing.
someone who cannot hear · Her second child, Oscar, was born deaf.· There is no reason why deaf people wouldn't lead perfectly normal lives.go deaf (=become deaf) · You'll need to speak quite loudly because my father's going deaf.the deaf (=deaf people) · More programmes these days have subtitles for the deaf.stone deaf/deaf as a post especially British (=completely deaf) · Mr Farrer, a white-haired man in his fifties, had been stone deaf since he was a child.
to be unable to hear well: · My grandfather's a little hard of hearing, so he has the TV on very loud.the hard of hearing (=people who are hard of hearing): · The library provides films with subtitles for the hard of hearing.
not able to hear - use this especially about things that are provided especially for people who cannot hear. Hearing impaired is a more polite word than deaf: · Each lecture will be translated by the signer for the benefit of hearing impaired students.· special classes for hearing impaired children
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nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, 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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs the right to a fair trial Mr Eyer may lose the sight in one eye. The tour was postponed when the lead singer lost his voice. Julian lost his balance and fell. a type of hearing loss that affects language development
· Dogs have excellent hearing.
(=become unable to hear)· He lost his hearing as a child after suffering scarlet fever.
(=make your hearing worse)· Listening to loud music will eventually impair your hearing.
(also somebody's hearing deteriorates)· The medication seemed to make her hearing get worse.
(=someone becomes unable to hear)· His hearing has gone in one ear.
adjectives· My hearing isn't as good as it used to be.· Owls and other predatory birds have very acute hearing.
· Poor hearing can affect your social relationships.
(=having problems with hearing)· There are about 11,000 people in the UK whose sight and hearing are both severely impaired.
· He was born with normal hearing but became deaf at the age of 11.
hearing + NOUN· Many older people suffer from some degree of hearing loss.
· a special telephone for people with hearing problems
phrases (=not be able to hear well)· The subtitling service is intended for people who are hard of hearing.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· Many of the older residents wear hearing aids.
(=a meeting or group that decides if someone should be punished)
the right to a fair trial (=used to describe someone who cannot see, hear etc well)
Mr Eyer may lose the sight in one eye. The tour was postponed when the lead singer lost his voice. Julian lost his balance and fell. a type of hearing loss that affects language development· There are special telephones for people with hearing problems.
(=make someone who cannot hear or who is blind, hear or see again)
· I went for a hearing test last week.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· These issues will be the subject of Congressional hearings this month, but are unlikely to threaten the tour schedule.· The brief contradicts statements made by Philip Morris executives in congressional hearings, the lobbyist said.· No congressional hearings were ever held.· Gingrich said he favored congressional hearings into campaign fund-raising practices such as those undertaken on behalf of Clinton during the latest campaign.· Reno muted criticism by taking responsibility for the decision, as well as hanging tough during congressional hearings in 1995.· I think there will be congressional hearings into the 1868 Treaty.· During congressional hearings on the Valujet accident, Sen.
· Both deaf and hearing actors play to a deaf and hearing audience.· Both deaf and hearing people do interpret stimuli presented for memory in terms of linguistic knowledge of both the task and the stimuli themselves.· In deaf - hearing interaction, however, it is possible to consider the interlanguage as a usable form.· The study will follow the reading progress of both deaf and hearing children in the light of their ability to sign and finger spell.· The prospects of interchange at the research level between deaf and hearing people are very good.
· But a disciplinary hearing of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland was told he sold the product without a prescription.· He seems certain to face a General Medical Council disciplinary hearing, and his practice is being sued.· The principles of fair procedure which govern the conduct of disciplinary hearings also apply, by and large, to appeal hearings.· If a disciplinary hearing is to take place, it is likely to occur very soon, a source said.· The Institute is now under increasing pressure to open up its disciplinary hearings to the public.· The Jockey Club has announced it is to look again at the appeals procedure available to parties involved in disciplinary hearings.· My husband wasn't suspended but went through a disciplinary hearing and things were dealt with there, or so we thought.
· The relationship came to light when a mysterious note was handed to a barrister at an earlier hearing.· He said Shooter, who admitted the blackmail plot at an earlier hearing, was an author of several works of fiction.· At an earlier hearing, he'd pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol in his blood.· Southall, who admitted speeding at an earlier hearing, was fined Pounds 700 and given six penalty points.· Judge Geoffrey Jones caused a storm by making the comment at an earlier hearing because Ian Stevenson also admitted assaulting two boys.· McGregor had admitted forging the coupon at an earlier hearing which was adjourned for reports.· An earlier disciplinary hearing at the 106-year-old golf club suspended Branch for six months.· At an earlier hearing police said Griffin blasted Lynn's car with a. 44 Magnum after she broke up their affair.
· The audi alteram partem rule-the right to a fair hearing.· He says that he feels it was a fair hearing.· Attention is exclusively on the right to a fair hearing.· The Audi Alteram Partem rule-the right to a fair hearing.· Students could not win a fair hearing it seemed, but they did not pursue the matter any further at this time.· But right now, all I want is a fair hearing.· I ask hon. Members to give a fair hearing to the last few questions.
· In 1982, 78 percent of cases in which pre-hearing assessments had been requested did not proceed to a full hearing.· A full hearing is expected by mid-April.· The judge also ordered that the matter be further considered at a full hearing on 10 July 1992.· Lord Penrose said that the case should proceed to a full hearing of evidence on those points.· A full hearing on the case will be heard in the High Court tomorrow.· A full hearing will start on April 27.· However, on the resumption of full hearing, Judge Ireland instructed that Beattie be released immediately.
· Read in studio Viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing will be getting a new service from Central next week.· The theatre is equipped with an induction loop for the hard of hearing.· In fact, people think being hard of hearing is funny, or being short-sighted.· One third of those over 65 and one half of those over 80 are hard of hearing.· In the first instance certain basic guidelines that make communication easier for the hard of hearing were suggested.· If you know in advance that some people are hard of hearing you can seat them accordingly.· There will be special areas with induction loop facilities for the hard of hearing and sign language interpreters will be on hand.
· The documents used during the preliminary hearing may not, subject to limited exceptions, be used at the trial.· Most felonies are first addressed in Municipal Court for arraignments, continuance matters and preliminary hearings.· After a preliminary hearing at a Lewes court the detained men were released on bail.· A short preliminary hearing of the case was held last Monday.· Yesterday all eight members of the feuding families were at Sleaford county court, Lincs for a preliminary hearing.· This can be corrected at the pre-trial review or preliminary arbitration hearing.
· The College believes a public hearing is necessary to ensure the full facts surrounding the tragedy are uncovered.· Tonto National Forest already has held public hearings on the mining proposal.· So it appeared at the public hearings.· If granted, those who registered opposition at the public hearings would have 30 days to appeal.· We have public hearings and questions are put to us; sometimes it can be quite harsh.· San Francisco Supervisor Michael Yaki talked of holding public hearings.· Under the Gephardt plan, the issues would be selected after public hearings and the referendum results would be nonbinding.
NOUN· Some venues have an induction loop fitted to assist hearing aid users.· Headphones are not practicable for hearing aid wearers because the proximity of the headphone causes acoustic feedback in the aids.· Similarly, the transistor took decades to become incorporated into commercial products such as hearing aids, navigational instruments and computers.· This room was equipped with an induction loop to transmit sound to people with suitably receptive hearing aids.· This saves explanations, searching for hearing aid and general inconvenience.· The deaf are finding that their hearing aids are amplifying more than just the voices of their friends.· I think he should get a hearing aid - it's easier than shouting all the time.· One thing I had in common with Nigel was our National Health hearing aid.
· The order resulted from an appeal hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.· But, after two days of appeal hearings, the tide has turned.· Eddie Browning says he's angry over long delays facing other prisoners seeking appeal hearings.· Right at the last minute, before the final Court of Appeal hearing on 1 May, evidence alleging torture was adduced.· But any grounds for the House to consider that the appeal hearing was so defective as to require re-opening seem nonexistent.· Players' union chief Taylor is expected to defend Durie at an appeal hearing in London.· Matters like compliance costs, assessments and appeal hearings are also dealt with here.· But after two days of appeal hearings, you can see the tide turning in Microsoft's favour.
· The study will follow the reading progress of both deaf and hearing children in the light of their ability to sign and finger spell.· Deaf children's reading ability does increase over time, however, although it never reaches the levels of hearing children.· The practice of hearing children read has invariably been closely linked with the universal use of basic reading schemes.· They will mix with hearing children from the beginning.
· The Senate leadership quickly gave its consent and we ran many of the confirmation hearings live.· At her Senate confirmation hearings, she wasted little time proving him right.· As is customary with appointees facing confirmation hearings, Albright declined to be interviewed for this article.· Lake is not granting interviews as he prepares for his confirmation hearings.· Some were raised in confirmation hearings.· During Senate confirmation hearings, Sen.· The Senate Judiciary Committee did not make her charges public and closed the confirmation hearings without calling her as a witness.· Andrew Cuomo had the combined feminine power of two dynasties backing him at his Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday.
· While definitive answers may not yet be possible, recent court hearings and interviews with Lee's colleagues have provided new information.· Cameras have been barred from the trial, and transcripts of previous court hearings have been sealed.· The health authority confirmed a High Court hearing would start on April 9 in Middlesbrough.· The court hearing system at Bushey isn't operating correctly; members are complaining.· We have two reports, the first on today's court hearing.· Voice over Whether or not Aldershot need to take up Swindon's offer of hospitality depends on a high court hearing on Wednesday.· Even physical access to a court hearing was not guaranteed.
· This is one reason why hearing impairment in childhood is totally different from hearing loss in adult life.· The authors recognise the many methodological problems in studying disabilities that may result from hearing impairment.· Hearing checks are essential as conductive hearing impairment is very frequent in young children.
· It should be recognized and accepted that coping with hearing loss can be utterly exhausting.· My twin brother appeared by the age of about ten to have some hearing loss.· Reading needs to be recognized as just one more part of your overall plan and pattern of tackling hearing loss.· Different names are used to describe high-frequency hearing loss.· This is one reason why hearing impairment in childhood is totally different from hearing loss in adult life.· Now, with hearing loss, the routine needs to be reviewed, to plan when to talk and when not to.· They had a history of hearing loss for an average of 18 months.· Parents who do not detect an intermittent hearing loss can become irritable and controlling and label their child as disobedient and unresponsive.
· Deaf people also imagined hearing people to hold more negative attitudes than they actually did.· Transcripts of hearing people and deaf people signing a sequence of three cartoon pictures were compared in a number of ways.· In sign language terms these would include: Do hearing people control the fortunes of deaf people politically and economically?· Do hearing people tend to occupy more influential positions in technology than do deaf people?· Both deaf and hearing people do interpret stimuli presented for memory in terms of linguistic knowledge of both the task and the stimuli themselves.· Many hearing people assume that sign language is the same the world over.· This Congress demands that deaf people should have access to all official information to the same extent as hearing people.
· There are special amplifiers for telephones and televisions, for people with hearing problems.· It drew their attention to the fact that some of their clients may have a hearing problem without expressly saying so.· Consequently parents may not suspect that their child has any hearing problem as there is no ear infection.
· Citibank's role was outlined in Senate hearings in November organized by Sen.· In numerous House and Senate hearings, Congress heard conflicting testimony from expert witnesses.· It was a period of great stress for the Chief, what with the special prosecutor and the Senate hearings.· The 1916 Senate hearings produced no debate on the question of whether concern about leprosy was in the national interest.
VERB· Magistrates adjourned the hearing until later today after a solicitor asked for more time to consult his clients.· Cleveland deputy coroner Ronald Smith said as there was a possibility of industrial disease he was adjourning the hearing pending further inquiries.· Magistrates adjourned the hearing until May 14.· Coroner, Lester Madrell adjourned the hearing for police to continue their investigations.· The magistrates adjourned the hearing until October 8, when committal proceedings are likely to take place.· Judge David Selwood adjourned the hearings to October 7 for pre-sentence reports.· The Cleveland coroner adjourned the hearing pending further inquiries.
· A dissenting shareholder should lodge his opposition at the meeting of shareholders and should also appear at the hearing of the petition.· So it appeared at the public hearings.· They appear at Capitol Hill hearings, inaugurations, embassy dinners and presidential galas.
· The contemnor attended the hearing of the motion to commit, at which he was represented.· However, she attended the hearing and told the coroner she agreed with the police report.· Creditors has travelled thousands of miles to attend this hearing.· The parties will then have an opportunity to attend the hearing and make representations before the court makes a final decision.· Staff have also found it necessary to attend children's hearings both before and after an assessment panel.· When the motion came before Judge Stockdale on 2 August 1991, neither of the defendants attended the hearing.
· On Jan. 13 a court in Ankara began a hearing on the matter.· It was about this time that Endill began hearing footsteps echoing around the corridors of Nightside.· He replaced Mike Stout at the end of 1988 after Stout began to suffer hearing difficulties.
· Should they be allowed to conduct a formal hearing?· Thompson is seeking Senate approval for a $ 6. 5 million budget to conduct wide-ranging hearings later this year.· The Congress meanwhile created a select joint committee to conduct hearings.
· As soon as practicable after the pre-trial review, a date for trial is fixed, if a hearing is necessary. 5.· No date has yet been fixed for a hearing.· The court will either grant the request on written application or fix a date for hearing.· The summons for directions will be issued to fix the hearing date for the petition.
· They never hold any open hearings.· Whether Congress holds extensive hearings into legislative policy adjustments may seem like boring, inside political baseball.· Three Old Bailey judges were accused of ignoring the principle of open justice, and wrongly holding secret hearings.· San Francisco Supervisor Michael Yaki talked of holding public hearings.· He was ordered held for a bail hearing on Tuesday.· The California Assembly has also decided to hold hearings on the proposed merger.· The Maryland legislature agreed to hold joint hearings on abortion and began consideration of legislation introduced in January.· Peter Torkildsen bolted from his party to hold the first-ever House hearings on the anti-discrimination measure.
· I look forward to hearing from you in due course.· I look forward to hearing from you with your agreement to the above after you have discussed the matter with your colleagues.· I look forward to hearing from you soon and, if possible, by 11 December 1992.· We look forward to hearing from Mo and Barbara to see whether Sparkle has lived up to expectations.
· Mr T has totally lost his hearing.· Quite a number of the people you speak to will be getting on in years and have lost their sharpness of hearing.· Her nan had lost her hearing working in the textile m ills.· Francis was a very bright boy, but when five years old he fell ill with scarlet fever and lost his hearing.· She lost her hearing totally and suddenly.· Then three years ago, she lost her hearing and seemed destined for a life of isolation before she underwent the operation.
· After that, the panel is expected to hold public, televised hearings on what punishment to impose on Gingrich.
· They told the hearing in Hull that Lance was pestering them.· On 4 July Mrs Kemp was told that the hearing would take place on 11 July.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the hard of hearing► the hearing-impaired
- An artist who has a visual impairment, working with and not against its limitations.
- Five years after his illness began the patient complained of progressive visual impairment.
- Hearing checks are essential as conductive hearing impairment is very frequent in young children.
- However, visual impairment does seem to be related to both anxiety and depression.
- Nausea, visual impairment, or headache occasionally occur.
- The authors recognise the many methodological problems in studying disabilities that may result from hearing impairment.
- The complete lack of cognitive improvements leads them to suggest that cognitive impairment is intrinsically associated with long-term morbidity in schizophrenia.
- This is one reason why hearing impairment in childhood is totally different from hearing loss in adult life.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveunheardunheardofnounhearinghearerverbhearoverhear
1[uncountable] the sense which you use to hear soundshave good/bad etc hearing She has remarkable hearing for a lady of her age. a child with a hearing disability → hard of hearing2[countable] a meeting of a court or special committee to find out the facts about a case: a court hearing a disciplinary hearing3[countable usually singular] an opportunity for someone to explain their actions, ideas, or opinions: Let’s give both sides a fair hearing.4in/within somebody’s hearing if you say something in someone’s hearing, you say it where they can hear you: There are some words we don’t use in the children’s hearing.COLLOCATIONSverbshave good/bad etc hearing· Dogs have excellent hearing.lose your hearing (=become unable to hear)· He lost his hearing as a child after suffering scarlet fever.affect/impair your hearing (=make your hearing worse)· Listening to loud music will eventually impair your hearing.somebody's hearing gets worse (also somebody's hearing deteriorates)· The medication seemed to make her hearing get worse.somebody's hearing goes (=someone becomes unable to hear)· His hearing has gone in one ear.adjectivesgood/sharp/acute· My hearing isn't as good as it used to be.· Owls and other predatory birds have very acute hearing.bad/poor· Poor hearing can affect your social relationships.impaired (=having problems with hearing)· There are about 11,000 people in the UK whose sight and hearing are both severely impaired.normal· He was born with normal hearing but became deaf at the age of 11.hearing + NOUNhearing loss· Many older people suffer from some degree of hearing loss.a hearing problem/difficulty/impairment· a special telephone for people with hearing problemsphrasesbe hard of hearing (=not be able to hear well)· The subtitling service is intended for people who are hard of hearing.