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Sonifer :: Sonifer (n.) A kind of ear trumpet for the deaf, or the partially deaf..

Earless :: Earless (a.) Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear..

Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.

Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man..

Chirology :: Chirology (n.) The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.

Cinchonism :: Cinchonism (n.) A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc..

Sign :: Sign (n.) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb..

Deafness :: Deafness (n.) Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.

Deafen :: Deafen (v. t.) To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.

Meniere''s Disease :: Meniere's disease () A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting in incoordination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear. Named after Meniere, a French physician..

Dorr :: Dorr (v. t.) To deafen with noise.

Deaf-mute :: Deaf-mute (n.) A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it..

Dunny :: Dunny (a.) Deaf; stupid.

Deve :: Deve (a.) Deaf.

Audiphone :: Audiphone (n.) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone..

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen..

Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.

Surd :: Surd (a.) Net having the sense of hearing; deaf.

Deaf-mutism :: Deaf-mutism (n.) The condition of being a deaf-mute.

Stonegall :: Stone-deaf (a.) As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.

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