11.   Because the man was hard of hearing, the rep talked loud enough for everyone in the bank to hear.

12.   But constant hammering makes a man hard of hearing.

13.   Duisenberg may not be hard of hearing.

14.   Erma talked very loudly, mostly because she was a little hard of hearing, and she had definite ideas on everything.

15.   From what I can tell, both Gene and Noah are a little hard of hearing.

16.   He is hard of hearing, but that is no excuse.

17.   He first made his name with the charmingly-titled Dare to Discipline, a child-rearing guide for the tough of mind and hard of hand.

18.   He remains hard of hearing.

19.   He is hard of hearing, the result, he said, of artillery blasts.

20.   Her husband, my father, is hard of hearing, so she wondered what would happen if one of the bad spells came on again.