How to pronounce deaf in American English
“deaf” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to deaf the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“deaf” in real sentences — American speakers
587 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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She visited schools for the deaf, made deaf friends.
The Obama White House
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working group for Deaf Inclusion.
State Department
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deaf, but if you mutate both of them, they are deaf, so you need to get
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Words that sound like “deaf”
Words one sound away from deaf — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “deaf”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of deaf. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.