聴覚(ちょうかく)障害(しょうがい)

ちょうかくしょうがい
noun
hearing impairment; hearing disability
1. hearing impairment; hearing disability
a partial or total inability to hear, ranging from mild hearing loss to complete deafness
聴覚(ちょうかく)障害(しょうがい)のある方(かた)にも対応(たいおう)しています。
We also accommodate people with hearing impairments.
聴覚(ちょうかく)障害(しょうがい)者(しゃ)のために字幕(じまく)が付(つ)けられている。
Subtitles are provided for people with hearing impairments.
先天性(せんてんせい)の聴覚(ちょうかく)障害(しょうがい)があっても、手話(しゅわ)や補聴器(ほちょうき)を活用(かつよう)すればコミュニケーションに大(おお)きな支障(ししょう)はない。
Even with congenital hearing impairment, by making use of sign language and hearing aids, there is no major obstacle to communication.

The standard formal and medical term for hearing impairment or deafness. Composed of 聴覚(ちょうかく) (hearing, auditory sense) + 障害(しょうがい) (impairment, disability). Used in official documents, medical contexts, and accessibility discussions.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 聴覚(ちょうかく)障害(しょうがい)者(しゃ) — person with a hearing impairment
  • 聴覚(ちょうかく)障害(しょうがい)児(じ) — child with a hearing impairment
  • 先天性(せんてんせい)聴覚(ちょうかく)障害(しょうがい) — congenital hearing impairment
  • 聴覚(ちょうかく)障害(しょうがい)者(しゃ)マーク — hearing impairment symbol/mark

SUPPORT AND ACCOMMODATIONS:

  • 手話(しゅわ) — sign language
  • 補聴器(ほちょうき) — hearing aid
  • 人工(じんこう)内耳(ないじ) — cochlear implant
  • 字幕(じまく) — subtitles/captions
  • 筆談(ひつだん) — communication by writing

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 難聴(なんちょう) — hearing loss, hard of hearing (describes the condition rather than the disability classification)
  • ろう — deaf (used by the deaf community itself)
  • 視覚(しかく)障害(しょうがい) — visual impairment (parallel term for sight)
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