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The phrase "able to hear it" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone's capacity to perceive sound or listen to something specific.
Example: "I was surprised that he was able to hear it over the loud music playing in the background."
Alternatives: "capable of hearing it" or "able to listen to it".
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"I'd be able to hear it.
Would they be able to hear it?
In a way, we stop being able to hear it.
But when you're standing on deck there, you have to be able to hear it".
We should have been able to hear it if they blew the whistle.
"A horse might be able to hear it, but a human can't".
But even if Obama tried to tell such a story, would we be able to hear it?
I watched him bumble through the interview, I was able to hear it on audio a little bit.
If ethnic cleansing takes place in China and nobody is able to hear it, does it make a sound?
Clary opens her mouth, unable to make her voice low enough for her not to be able to hear it.
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Van Beirendonck's message came through loud and clear to everyone at his show, though one wonders whether Lagerfeld will be able to hear it--or care to hear it, for that matter--from his throne at Chanel.
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