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id: 57f9103f-b317-4ec8-8a12-045960bd9d09
title: deaf
slug: /node/reference/video/room-session/deaf
description: deaf method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[video-roomsession-1]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/video/room-session/audio-unmute

### deaf

* **deaf**(`params`): `Promise<void>`

Mutes the incoming audio for a given member. The affected participant will not hear audio from the other participants anymore.

Note that in addition to making a participant deaf, this will also automatically mute the microphone of the target participant. If you want, you can then manually unmute it by calling [audioUnmute][video-roomsession-1].

#### Parameters

| Name              | Type     | Description                 |
| :---------------- | :------- | :-------------------------- |
| `params`          | `Object` | -                           |
| `params.memberId` | `string` | Id of the member to affect. |

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Example

```typescript
const id = "de550c0c-3fac-4efd-b06f-b5b8614b8966"; // you can get this from getMembers()
await roomSession.deaf({ memberId: id });
```