the deaf

noun

: deaf people : people who are not able to hear
She goes to a school for the deaf.

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Anne-Marie Duff (Bad Sisters) is really happy that her latest project, the revenge thriller series Reunion, set in the deaf community and debuting in the U.K. on Monday, is airing on public broadcaster BBC and its iPlayer streaming service. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025 The film will have a special appeal to Black People and many others like the deaf and hard-of-hearing audience. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025 Stern echoed this sentiment, pointing to the work that Matlin has done as not only beneficial to the deaf community, but to everyone. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025 Deploying drawings, diagrams, musical notation, text, wall painting, and video, Kim explores how sound, silence, and oral language are social-political currencies that place the deaf at a constant disadvantage, in areas ranging from motherhood to politics. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the deaf

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“The deaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20deaf. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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