1 Tom was born profoundly deaf .

2 Many of these children are profoundly deaf.

3 She is now profoundly deaf.

4 People born profoundly deaf, or who become so in early childhood, may well not develop intelligible speech.

5 In what language do the profoundly deaf think?

6 As we know, the profoundly deaf patient cannot resort to the hearing aid device, however, through cochlear implant, such an effective way, it is completely possible for them to restore hearing.

7 Indeed, I recall after I asked a young deaf man about his new baby, being told by him with enormous pride that his son was " profoundly deaf, third generation."

8 Cochlear implant(CI) is a neural prosthetic device used to provide the sensation of sound to those who are profoundly deaf by delivering electrical stimulus to auditory nerve directly.

9 These children lost their hearing very early in life, before they had learned to speak, and are so profoundly deaf that conventional hearing aids are of no use.