- hard of hearing
- deafNot describing a noise which is indistinct. Deafness, when so described, is not, like blindness, understood to be an absolute condition, except where described as stone deaf:'I'm hard of hearing, you know,' she said. 'Practically deaf.' (Sanders, 1980)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.