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Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.
Richard Masur

Meaning of "profoundly deaf" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROFOUNDLY DEAF

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROFOUNDLY DEAF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Profoundly deaf is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PROFOUNDLY DEAF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

profoundly deaf

Hearing loss

Hearing loss, hearing impairment, or deafness, is a partial or total inability to hear. In children it may affect the development of language and can cause work related difficulties for adults. It is caused by many factors, including: genetics, aging, exposure to noise, illness, chemicals and physical trauma. Hearing testing may be used to determine the severity of the hearing loss. While the results are expressed in decibels, hearing loss is usually described as mild, mild-moderate, moderate, moderately severe, severe, or profound. Hearing loss is usually acquired by a person who at some point in life had no hearing impairment. There are a number of measures that can prevent hearing loss and include avoidance of loud noise, chemical agents, and physical trauma. Testing for poor hearing is recommended for all newborns. But, in some cases such as due to disease, illness, or genetics, it is impossible to reverse or prevent. Hearing aids are partially effective for many. Globally hearing loss affects about 10% of the population to some degree. It caused moderate to severe disability in 124 million people as of 2004.

Definition of profoundly deaf in the English dictionary

The definition of profoundly deaf in the dictionary is unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROFOUNDLY DEAF

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PROFOUNDLY DEAF

bay leaf
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leaf
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Maple Leaf
overleaf
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Synonyms and antonyms of profoundly deaf in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «profoundly deaf» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROFOUNDLY DEAF

Find out the translation of profoundly deaf to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of profoundly deaf from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «profoundly deaf» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

深度耳聋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sordera profunda
570 millions of speakers

English

profoundly deaf
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गहराई से बहरे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصم والبكم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

глухие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

profundamente surdos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গভীরভাবে বধির
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surdité profonde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sangat tuli
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gehörlos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重度の聴覚障害者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뿌리깊은 귀머거리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banget budheg
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điếc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆழ்ந்த செவிடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गंभीरपणे बहिरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çok sağır
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

profondamente sordi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Niesłyszący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

глухі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

profund surd
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κωφός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

diep dowe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

döva
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dypt døve
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of profoundly deaf

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFOUNDLY DEAF»

The term «profoundly deaf» is normally little used and occupies the 119.023 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about profoundly deaf

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QUOTES WITH «PROFOUNDLY DEAF»

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Richard Masur
Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROFOUNDLY DEAF»

Discover the use of profoundly deaf in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to profoundly deaf and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Deaf Like Me
The parents of a child born without hearing describe their efforts to reach across the barrier of silence to teach their daughter to speak and enjoy a normal life
Thomas S. Spradley, James P. Spradley, 1985
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Sign and School: Using Signs in Deaf Children's Development
TABLE 3. Replies of presidents of associations for the deaf to questions on communication (percentages) N = 39 Yes No 1. Should profoundly deaf children acquire Spanish Sign Language from the start together with oral language? 87 13 2.
James Kyle, 1987
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Anglais Comparé Et Les Langues Méditerranéennes:
Laurence Vincent-Durroux Nominal Determination in the Oral Language of the Profoundly Deaf I. Introduction The development of oral language in oral1 profoundly deaf subjects is a complex phenomenon which is rarely examined from the ...
Société des anglicistes de l'enseignement supérieur. Congrès, 1999
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Concise Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for ...
Some profoundly deaf children can succeed in ordinary schools, while others with more residual hearing may not be able to do so 1Perier et al, 19g01. There is. therefore, no consensus concerning the proportion of deaf and hard,of.hearing  ...
Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, 2004
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One Child
In a brief review it is possible to touch on only some of the complex theoretical issues concerning speech, language and intellectual development of deaf children (Moores 1972. Meadow 1975). Profoundly deaf children's mode of speech and ...
John Apley, Christopher Ounsted, 1982
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Assessment of Young Developmentally Disabled Children
Comparing hearing preschoolers to both severely and profoundly deaf peers, Levy-Schiff and Hoffman (1985) reported significantly less social interaction in free play for the profoundly deaf group and significantly less peer response to ...
Theodore D. Wachs, Robert Sheehan, 1988
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Raising and Educating a Deaf Child : A Comprehensive Guide ...
Whatever the reasons, on average, severely to profoundly deaf children who receive early exposure to sign language (with or without spoken language) tend to be more competent in their early language development than those children who ...
School of Psychology University of Aberdeen Marc Marschark Professor, 2007
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The Care and Education of a Deaf Child: A Book for Parents
KAPRA is 3 years old, is profoundly deaf and has a hearing mother (spoken Urdu ) and a hearing father (spoken English and Urdu). He has an older profoundly deaf brother (British Sign Language) and two hearing sisters (spoken English and ...
Pamela Knight, Ruth Swanwick, 1999
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Hallucination: Philosophy and Psychology
But something has gone wrong, for by the indiscriminability principle set out earlier, were Audrey to be rendered profoundly deaf, she would be in a situation that was subjectively indiscriminable from her experiential situation in the soundproof ...
Fiona Macpherson, Dimitris Platchias, 2013
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The Psychology of Reading
Here, of course, we are referring to profoundly deaf individuals. As Conrad (1972 ) pointed out, the paradox of a “normal deaf” population is too great for the term to be meaningful. A person can be legally classified as deaf if his or her hearing ...
Keith Rayner, Alexander Pollatsek, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROFOUNDLY DEAF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term profoundly deaf is used in the context of the following news items.
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Maine magician Norman Ng makes magic by nurturing young son's …
Lucas was born “profoundly deaf,” meaning he had no hearing at all. But he has had cochlear implants since he was about 1. The implants are ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
2
Heslam: Deaf, blind dancer helps teach others
Kerry was born profoundly deaf. Doctors told her when she was 10 that she had retinitis pigmentosa, or RP, a progressive blindness disorder ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
3
Maroubra man and his double decker bus crosses Australia for …
Six-month-old Angus jnr had been born profoundly deaf, meaning he couldn't hear anything at all. Thankfully surgeons at the Sydney ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Three month old deaf baby hears after cochlear implant surgery
A cochlear implant is an electronic medical device that provides a sense of sound to the person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
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The better to hear you with
While profoundly deaf Israelis are much better off than deaf individuals in countries that don't pay for cochlear implants or even hearing aids, ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
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Massachusetts testing program to clear way for deaf jurors
BOSTON Massachusetts is testing a program that would enable profoundly deaf people to serve on juries in state courts with the help of ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
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Lawsuit: Deaf couple denied sign-language interpreter
The suit notes that the Ortizes are both "profoundly deaf" and communicate primarily in American Sign Language. Although they asked for a ... «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Jul 15»
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Deaf students make music with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
... are playing music with members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) as part of a workshop with a profoundly deaf concert pianist. «ABC Local, Jul 15»
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For deaf campers, a sign of acceptance
Soudakoff is profoundly deaf, and so are the eight girls, ages nine-16, seated on the bench in front of him. They watch him carefully, and when ... «New Jersey Jewish News, Jul 15»
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Brave Lucy believes nothing is impossible
“Being profoundly deaf has in no way stopped me from taking the countless opportunities I have been given, thanks to my Baha,” said Lucy. «The Courier, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Profoundly deaf [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/profoundly-deaf>. Apr 2024 ».
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