hearing-impaired

Adjective

 * 1) Having some degree of deafness; hard of hearing.
 * As a result of a childhood accident, my sister was hearing-impaired and had to wear a hearing aid.

Usage notes

 * Within the deaf community, the terms deaf/Deaf and hard-of-hearing are usually preferred as they do not refer to the condition as an impairment.

Translations

 * Dutch :
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: heyrnarskertur
 * Italian:
 * Occitan: malausent, malentendent, dur d'aurelha
 * Polish: ,
 * Swedish: