HYPERACUSIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels

Synonyms:

auditory hyperesthesia; hyperacusia; hyperacusis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hyperacusia" is a kind of...):

hearing disorder; hearing impairment (impairment of the sense of hearing)

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