stone-deaf
Totally without hearing
Stone-deaf means completely deaf, unable to hear anything at all.
The intensifier stone- emphasizes total, absolute deafness rather than partial hearing loss: My grandfather is stone-deaf without his hearing aids.
Sometimes used figuratively for refusing to listen: The committee was stone-deaf to our complaints.
Reduced ability to perceive sound
- sign languageVisual-gestural communication system
- lip-readingInterpreting speech visually
- cochlear implantImplanted auditory nerve stimulator
- ASLManual visual communication system
interpreter · audiologist · audiology · audiogram · hearing aid · otologist · vibration · soundlessness
Lacking any awareness
- unhearingNot perceiving sound
- ignoringDeliberately not noticing
- tuning outDeliberately not hearing
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
unmoved · heedless · inattentive · disregarding · unheeding · impervious · unreceptive · closed off
Total lack of sound
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- misunderstoodIncorrectly comprehended
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- cut offSeparated or disconnected
disconnected · social isolation · invisible disability · overlooked · withdrawn · loneliness
hearing loss
Reduced ability to perceive sound
- sign languageVisual-gestural communication system
- lip-readingInterpreting speech visually
- cochlear implantImplanted auditory nerve stimulator
ASL · interpreter · audiologist · audiology · audiogram · hearing aid · otologist · vibration · soundlessness · nonverbal communication
oblivious
Lacking any awareness
- unhearingNot perceiving sound
- ignoringDeliberately not noticing
- tuning outDeliberately not hearing
indifferent · unmoved · heedless · inattentive · disregarding · unheeding · impervious · unreceptive · closed off · dismissive
silence
Total lack of sound
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- misunderstoodIncorrectly comprehended
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
cut off · disconnected · social isolation · invisible disability · overlooked · withdrawn · loneliness
stone-deafhearing
Perceiving sound waves
acute hearing · sensitive hearing · all ears · perceptive · attuned
deaf, stones, deafening, deafen, deafness, deafened, stone-blind