Translation for 'deaf' from English to Icelandic

deaf

heyrnarlaus {adj}

heyrnarsljór {adj}

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tone-deaf [also fig.]

laglaus {adj}

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completely tone-deaf

vitalaglaus {adj}

deaf and dumb

daufdumbur {adj}læknisfr.

daufur og dumbur {adj}læknisfr.

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to turn a deaf ear

að láta e-ð eins og vind um eyru þjóta

• The North Carolina School for the Deaf began the first publication for deaf people in 1848 with its school newspaper, "The Deaf Mute".
• Berthier wrote books about deaf history and deaf culture, noting deaf artists and sign-language poets of his time.
• In Belfast, McWhinney was frustrated by the Deaf clubs and organisations that were not managed by deaf people.
• Her research at the university focused on the depiction of deaf people in media. She spearheaded the 1989 Deaf Way festival and coordinated the International Deaf Film Festival at Deaf Way 2 in 2002.
• By providing deaf students with the basic tools to communicate, Mills' institution recognized the Deaf community in China and established a foundational system of education.

• Gannon's "Deaf Heritage: a Narrative History of Deaf America" (1981) is a comprehensive account of the deaf in the United States since the founding of the American School for the Deaf in 1817.
• Garretson played a vital role in highlighting issues regarding deaf education.
• One notable American activist in the library community working toward accessibility for the deaf was Alice Lougee Hagemeyer, herself deaf.
• Stern grew up in an exclusively deaf community and is fourth-generation deaf on her father's side, and third-generation deaf on her mother's side.
• Himself greatest deaf in history, started Golden Age for deaf there France.

• The game played by deaf people is organized with national and international associations including Deaf Basketball Australia, Deaf Basketball UK and United States of America Deaf Basketball.
• Deaf population with english speaking was boom, 800 deaf kids in 1950's and 1,200 deaf kids in 1960's then Ontario government decided to opened 3rd deaf school in London, Ontario.
• Miss & Mister Deaf World (MMDW) is an international beauty pageant which crowns young deaf women "Miss Deaf World" and young deaf men "Mister Deaf World" every year, usually in Prague, in the Czech Republic.
• Laura is a deaf teacher; Dan is her hearing husband; Adam is their deaf son. Max is Laura's father, who is deaf; Sally is Laura's mother, who is deaf. Dr. Walters is a deaf therapist.