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The phrase "almost completely deaf" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who has very little hearing ability but may still perceive some sounds.
Example: "After years of exposure to loud noises, he is now almost completely deaf and relies on lip reading to communicate."
Alternatives: "nearly totally deaf" or "practically deaf."
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He was almost completely deaf from the 1940s.
By 1818, when Beethoven composed the mighty "Hammerklavier" piano sonata, he was almost completely deaf.
MY dinner partner to the left was almost completely deaf, and every few minutes opened with the same conversational gambit.
In later years, though blind and almost completely deaf, he performed benefits for various civic organizations and institutions.
Even though he was almost completely deaf, and had only a few months to live, Beethoven was listening to his audience.
By the time of his last two films, The Phantom Of Liberty (1974) and That Obscure Object Of Desire (1977), Bunuel was almost completely deaf and going blind.
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As much as we'd like to think that only the least-sophisticated among us don't fully understand the climate crisis, could it be that Obama is an example of someone who, despite his intelligence, is almost completely tone-deaf to the screams of those suffering from the storms?
For some years before his death, however, he was almost completely blind and deaf.
He was 85, partly deaf and almost completely blind; she was 74 and had terminal cancer.
They choose her, in part, because she is deaf and almost completely defenseless.
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