Hearing
101hearing loss — noun partial or complete loss of hearing • Syn: ↑deafness • Derivationally related forms: ↑deaf (for: ↑deafness) • Hypernyms: ↑hearing impairment, ↑hearin …
102hearing officer — noun an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers (Freq. 19) • Syn: ↑hearing examiner • Hypernyms: ↑official, ↑functionary * * * noun see …
103hearing dog — noun Date: 1952 a dog trained to alert its deaf or hearing impaired owner to sounds (as of a doorbell, alarm, or telephone) called also hearing ear dog …
104hearing-ear dog — /hear ing ear / a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises. Also called hearing dog. [1975 80; on the model of SEEING EYE DOG] * * * …
105hearing voices movement — The name Hearing Voices Movement refers to a philosophical trend and self help movement for individuals with verbal auditory hallucinations founded during the 1980s by the Dutch psychiatrist Marius Romme (b. 1934) and the Dutch science… …
106hearing dog — noun dog trained to assist the deaf by signaling the occurrence of certain sounds • Hypernyms: ↑working dog * * * ˈhearing dog 7 [hearing dog] noun a dog trained to make a deaf person (= person who cannot hear well) aware of sounds such as the… …
107hearing-ear dog — /hear ing ear / a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises. Also called hearing dog. [1975 80; on the model of SEEING EYE DOG] …
108hearing aid — noun Date: 1922 an electronic device usually worn in or behind the ear of a hearing impaired person for amplifying sound …
109hearing ear dog — noun see hearing dog …
110hearing aid — noun A device used to help the hard of hearing to hear sounds. Syn: deaf aid …
