Slightly deaf (4-2-7)
I believe the answer is:
hard-of-hearing
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">slightly deaf</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for hard-of-hearing that I've seen before include "Partially deaf" , "Somewhat deaf" , "Struggling to pick up sounds" , "Rather deaf" .)