While everyone was calling for help, he stood in the corner, cocking a deaf 'un to avoid getting involved.

After the stroke, she was diagnosed with word-deafness and, although she could hear speech, she could not comprehend the words.

During the busy meeting she experienced inattentional deafness and missed the announcement about the revised schedule.

The company responded with tone-deafness to customer concerns, making the backlash worse.

Researchers studied language outcomes in children with peri-lingual deafness to improve early intervention strategies.

After years of working as a teacher, she began to experience post-lingual deafness, which made classroom instruction increasingly difficult.

After genetic testing, doctors confirmed a diagnosis of urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis syndrome in the patient.

The sudden blast deafens everyone in the hall.

The sudden blast deafened everyone in the auditorium.

As the years passed, my grandmother grew deafer, so we began using a small amplifier during our conversations.