Life has only recently got better for hard of hearing patients with the development of modern hearing aids and cochlear implants.

直到近年来,随着现代助听以及耳蜗植入设备的开发,听力障碍病人的生活才有了改善,不过，有了新技术。

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You know this, you can - it's hard to pick up a newspaper or a news magazine without hearing some new application of DNA technology.

你知道的,你-,随便翻一份报纸或杂志,上面很少没提到DNA技术的某个新应用

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She was hard of hearing in one ear, no doubt deafened by her own screaming.

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Wendy Callaghan, a mum-of-two from Bedwas, is one of 500, 000 deaf or hard of hearing people in Wales.

BBC: Deaf failed by Welsh health boards under Equality Act

For the obtuse and hard of hearing, the Bank of Japan has put its unorthodox agenda squarely in the open.

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