deaf
def
- n people who have severe hearing impairments
many of the deaf use sign language - v make or render deaf
a deafening noise - a lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
- s (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed
deaf to her warnings
- In 1988 a student at Gallaudet University in Washington called that year's protests demanding a deaf president of the school the "Selma of the deaf.
- At all-deaf Gallaudet University, protesters say the new president isn't part of their cherished culture.
- Hence deaf-mutes who dislike reading lips cannot understand all of the action.