The sound ceased as suddenly as if I had been struck deaf.

She thought she had been struck deaf and dumb or had actually died.

For a moment it seemed he must have been struck deaf.

How would you like to be struck blind and deaf?

Does she think that I have no feelings, or have been struck deaf because I stand by the kitchen door, silent?

They rattled away from her shoe, across the floor planks, proving that she had not been struck deaf.

"Loyal Frenchmen who have suddenly been struck blind and deaf."

Apparently everyone down that way was struck deaf and dumb.

The sensation must have been similar to that of being suddenly struck deaf or blind or both, yet I could see and hear perfectly well.

She was four years old when she was struck deaf and dumb, for Christ's sake!