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This answer indicates that today Cohanim with disabilities may duchen.

I am asking here if a deaf person may do so, not because he is disabled, but because he cannot hear the prompt by the Shat"z. Can he rely on either something giving him a hand signal of when to respond or watching his neighbor's lips move? Or does a Cohen's response absolutely require hearing the Shatz's prompts?

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    https://www.yeshiva.org.il/wiki/index.php?title=%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%A9#cite_note-414 – Double AA Jul 25 '19 at 17:27
  • https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9F_%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9A_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%97_%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%9B%D7%97_%D7%99%D7%92 – Double AA Jul 25 '19 at 17:29

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Thanks to @DoubleAA for the wikisource which says regarding a deaf person who speaks but does not hear. (There are various classifications of a "cheresh" in halacha. Most "deaf" people today do not fit into the classical definition of the "cheresh" mentioned in the Talmud which was a deaf-mute.):

נשיאת כפיים: כהן חרש המדבר ואינו שומע כשר לנשיאת כפים

A deaf Cohen who speaks but doesn't hear is considered valid for raising the hands (duchen).

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