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HEARING DISORDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Impairment of the sense of hearing
Synonyms:
hearing disorder; hearing impairment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hearing disorder" is a kind of...):
disability; disablement; handicap; impairment (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hearing disorder"):
deafness; hearing loss (partial or complete loss of hearing)
conduction deafness; conductive hearing loss; middle-ear deafness (hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear)
auditory hyperesthesia; hyperacusia; hyperacusis (abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels)
nerve deafness; sensorineural hearing loss (hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve)
