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Deaf old fellow’s first to appear in severe part of court case (4,2,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hard of hearing

(Other definitions for hard of hearing that I've seen before include "Rather deaf" , "Slightly deaf" , "Somewhat deaf" , "Partially deaf" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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