'become deaf' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
Example sentence: Amy was born with a hearing impairment that eventually caused her to become deaf by the age of 30.
The danger is that we become deaf to his music".
Her host Jack Onslager suspected she had become deaf because she wanted to.
As a result composers (as if in imitation of Beethoven) become deaf.
"Israeli society has become deaf and blind to the moral aspects of the occupation.
There are only so many rousing speeches you can deliver before a team become deaf.
Mabel had become deaf at age five as a result of a near-fatal bout of scarlet fever.
One of Virmani's projects has been to build a network of law firms (now numbering nearly 50) around the country that have committed to become deaf-aware and will be able to help deaf people in their area if face-to-face help is required.
His wife, Shirley Fischer, became deaf when she was one year old, before she could speak.
Mr. Stern, 42, became deaf when he contracted meningitis as a 1-year-old.
Mr Panara was lucky in that, by the time he became deaf, he could already speak and read.
About 90percentt of the quarter-million Americans who were born deaf or became deaf early have hearing parents.
