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n. The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear.

n. Lack of knowledge or refusal to admit a particular problem, issue, etc.

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

n. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding.

n. Incapacity of perceiving or distinguishing sounds, in consequence of the impairment of the organs of hearing; that state of the organs which prevents the reception of the impressions that constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.

n. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the ear or to the understanding.

n. partial or complete loss of hearing

"Many late deafened adults suffer from something I term deafness paranoia."

hearing disorder    hearing impairment   

labyrinthine deafness    psychical deafness    throat-deafness    mental deafness    paradoxical deafness    cortical deafness    boiler-makers' deafness    mind-deafness    anosmia    blindness   

deafen    deaf   

tone deafness    tin ear    deaf-mutism    deaf-muteness   

blindness    paralysis    epilepsy    debility    dyspepsia    indisposition    ailment    insanity    gout    dementia