Koko knows and uses more than 500 words in sign language, the language of deaf people.
The mayor of this city was blamed for turning a deaf ear to the people's requests.
Beethoven was deaf in his late years.
Helen Keller was deaf and blind.
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.
He was deaf, too.
There are none so deaf as those who won't hear.
The continual noise deafened us.
My grandmother is hard of hearing. In other words she is slightly deaf.
There were no schools for the deaf at that time.