1. (noun)deafness, hearing loss partial or complete loss of hearing
Definitions of 'deafness'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (noun)deafness incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing
2. (noun)deafness unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding
Definition of deafness 
