noun
1 ability to hear
ADJECTIVE
▪ acute , excellent , good , normal , sharp
▪ bad ( esp. AmE ), impaired , poor
VERB + HEARING
▪ have
▪
Whales have acute ~.
▪ lose
▪
She lost her ~ when she was a child.
▪ get back , regain ( esp. AmE )
▪
Is there any chance that he'll get his ~ back?
▪ affect , impair
HEARING + VERB
▪ deteriorate , go
▪
His ~ began to deteriorate.
▪
Her ~ was already going.
▪ come back , improve
▪
Two months after the accident her ~ came back.
HEARING + NOUN
▪ impairment , loss , problems
▪ aid
▪
to have/wear a ~ aid
▪ protection ( esp. AmE )
▪ person
▪
a course in sign language for both deaf and ~ people
PHRASES
▪ hard of ~
▪
You'll have to speak more loudly. I'm afraid she's a little hard of ~.
2 trial in a court, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ final , preliminary
▪ fair
▪ formal , full
▪ open , public
▪ private , secret
▪ oral ( BrE )
▪ appeal , confirmation , custody , disciplinary , pretrial
▪ committee , congressional , court , tribunal ( BrE )
VERB + HEARING
▪ conduct , hold
▪
The committee has decided to hold the ~ in public.
▪ schedule
▪
An appeal ~ is scheduled for later this month.
▪ ask for , call for , demand , request
▪
Protesters are calling for a public ~.
▪ get , have
▪
She said that she had had a very fair ~ from the disciplinary tribunal.
▪ open
▪ adjourn ( esp. BrE )
▪ tell
▪
The ~ was told that the child had been left with a 14-year-old babysitter.
HEARING + VERB
▪ take place
▪ begin , open
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
At a preliminary ~ the judge announced that the trial would begin on March 21.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
She was granted a divorce in a five-minute ~.
▪ pending a/the ~
▪
Pending the ~ of the case by the court, the business will be allowed to continue operating.
▪ without a ~
▪
The judge dismissed the case without a ~.
3 chance for an opinion to be considered
ADJECTIVE
▪ fair , sympathetic
VERB + HEARING
▪ give sb/sth
▪
At least give our ideas a fair ~ before you reject them.
▪ get
▪
You haven't much chance of your plan getting a sympathetic ~.
▪ deserve
▪
Their views deserve a ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
All I'm asking is a fair ~ for my ideas.