deaf person

English Thesaurus

1. a person with a severe auditory impairment (noun.person)

hypernym	:	individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul,
definition	:	a human being (noun.tops)

hyponym	:	lip reader,
definition	:	someone who can understand spoken words by watching the movements of a speaker's lips (noun.person)

hyponym	:	deaf-and-dumb person, deaf-mute, mute,
definition	:	a deaf person who is unable to speak (noun.person)

member meronym	:	deaf,
definition	:	people who have severe hearing impairments (noun.group)