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| hearing | (n) (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence |
| hearing | (n) an opportunity to state your case and be heard, Syn. audience, Example: they condemned him without a hearing; he saw that he had lost his audience |
| hearing | (n) a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken, Example: the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago |
| hearing | (n) the ability to hear; the auditory faculty, Syn. audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, sense of hearing, Example: his hearing was impaired |
| hearing | (adj) able to perceive sound, Ant. deaf |
| hearing aid | (n) an electronic device that amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing, Syn. deaf-aid |
| hearing aid | (n) a conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired person, Syn. ear trumpet |
| hearing dog | (n) dog trained to assist the deaf by signaling the occurrence of certain sounds |
| hearing examiner | (n) an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers, Syn. hearing officer |
| hearing impairment | (n) impairment of the sense of hearing, Syn. hearing disorder |
| Hearing | n. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. Job xlii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Hearing in a special sensation, produced by stimulation of the auditory nerve; the stimulus (waves of sound) acting not directly on the nerve, but through the medium of the endolymph on the delicate epithelium cells, constituting the peripheral terminations of the nerve. See Ear. [ 1913 Webster ] His last offenses to us Another hearing before some other court. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Hearing, as applied to equity cases, means the same thing that the word trial does at law. Abbot. [ 1913 Webster ] They laid him by the pleasant shore, |
| hearing-impaired | adj. having a hearing impairment making hearing difficult; having a defective but functioning sense of hearing. |
