Deaf

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Synonyms
hearing impairment
hearing loss

A medical/audiological term referring to those people who have little or no functional hearing. May also be used as a collective noun (“the deaf”) to refer to people who are medically deaf but who do not necessarily identify with the Deaf community.

Source for terminology: the Canadian Association of the Deaf: http://cad.ca/issues-positions/terminology/