profoundly deaf

I have been profoundly deaf from the age of seven.

A profoundly deaf child would be a challenge for two parents.

Profoundly deaf from birth, she cannot hear her teacher's words.

Many profoundly deaf children have great difficulty in learning to read.

"That's something we've never seen before in profoundly deaf kids."

People are considered profoundly deaf if they have 80- to 100-decibel hearing loss.

One of every 1,000 American babies is born profoundly deaf.

Some experience only partial loss, while others become profoundly deaf.

Most encouraging to the researchers was the performance of three people who were profoundly deaf.

She was born profoundly deaf but has learned to speak with almost no impairment.

Throughout the world, about 2,000 profoundly deaf people have had some of their hearing restored.

He has been profoundly deaf for most of his life, but continues to compose and record.

The implants have helped many profoundly deaf people recognize sounds.

In 1987, bacterial meningitis left her profoundly deaf at age 2.

Hearing-impaired since her birth, she became profoundly deaf at age 16.

His deafness progressed and years later he became profoundly deaf.

People who are profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-hearing can get help from them.

Born in London, England, she became profoundly deaf at the age of six.

Castle was born profoundly deaf and it is not known to what extent he could read, write, or use sign language.

A number of these children were profoundly deaf.

I'll be old some day and hopefully profoundly, profoundly deaf.

Like many profoundly deaf people, she's better off signing, something her mother resents having to respond to.

Anyone with a hearing loss over 90 decibels is classified as "profoundly deaf."

For a profoundly deaf person it is an important benefit to be able to hear a car approaching or a door slam, conference participants said.

People born profoundly deaf, or who become so in early childhood, may well not develop intelligible speech.