Collocations for hearing - noun

acute, excellent, good, normal, sharp
bad (esp. AmE), impaired, poor

have
Whales have acute hearing.

lose
She lost her hearing when she was a child.

get back, regain (esp. AmE)
Is there any chance that he'll get his hearing back?

affect, impair

deteriorate, go
His hearing began to deteriorate.
Her hearing was already going.

come back, improve
Two months after the accident her hearing came back.

impairment, loss, problems
aid
to have/wear a hearing aid

protection (esp. AmE)
person
a course in sign language for both deaf and hearing people

hard of hearing
You'll have to speak more loudly. I'm afraid she's a little hard of hearing.

final, preliminary
fair
formal, full
open, public
private, secret
oral (BrE)
appeal, confirmation, custody, disciplinary, pretrial
committee, congressional, court, tribunal (BrE)

conduct, hold
The committee has decided to hold the hearing in public.

schedule
An appeal hearing is scheduled for later this month.

ask for, call for, demand, request
Protesters are calling for a public hearing.

get, have
She said that she had had a very fair hearing from the disciplinary tribunal.

open
adjourn (esp. BrE)
tell
The hearing was told that the child had been left with a 14-year-old babysitter.

take place
begin, open

at a/the hearing
At a preliminary hearing the judge announced that the trial would begin on March 21.

in a/the hearing
She was granted a divorce in a five-minute hearing.

pending a/the hearing
Pending the hearing of the case by the court, the business will be allowed to continue operating.

without a hearing
The judge dismissed the case without a hearing.

fair, sympathetic

give sb/sth
At least give our ideas a fair hearing before you reject them.

get
You haven't much chance of your plan getting a sympathetic hearing.

deserve
Their views deserve a hearing.

hearing for
All I'm asking is a fair hearing for my ideas.