She was hard of hearing in one ear, no doubt deafened by her own screaming.
Wendy Callaghan, a mum-of-two from Bedwas, is one of 500, 000 deaf or hard of hearing people in Wales.
For the obtuse and hard of hearing, the Bank of Japan has put its unorthodox agenda squarely in the open.
Likewise, an induction loop or a member of staff who can sign a little will benefit the deaf or hard of hearing.
Northumbria Police said he was not in very good health, could become confused, was hard of hearing and was described as "vulnerable".
The former California governor had become somewhat hard of hearing, so Casey made it a point to seat himself next to the future president.
He told BBC News the 92-year old was "almost completely blind and hard of hearing" but still loved "a good joke and a glass of wine".
Over the last few years, the mobile phone has emerged as a popular device for what at first may seem an unlikely user group: the deaf and other people who are hard of hearing.
There are no exact figures on how many of the 8.7 million deaf or hard of hearing people in the UK use mobiles and text messaging, but their increasing adoption of this technology is certainly contributing to the more than one billion text messages a month now being sent in Britain.
Dr Ralph Holme, biomedical research manager at the RNID, the charity for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, welcomed the research.
Just press and hold a button on the remote control and the My Beam function will instantly "beam" the sound in your direction -- useful for the hard-of-hearing or late-night movie fests while the rest of the household slumbers.
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"It was hard to believe, " DeJesus said of hearing his former bandmate had been implicated.
But since the tribunals will be independent of the government, it may be hard to prevent them hearing more cases than the government wants.
"It is hard to describe the enormous relief we felt at hearing the news of David and Tahir's escape and knowing he is safe, " a statement from Rohde's family said.
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