hearing disorder
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1. impairment of the sense of hearing (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | disability, disablement, handicap, impairment, |
| definition | : | the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | deafness, hearing loss, |
| definition | : | partial or complete loss of hearing (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | conduction deafness, conductive hearing loss, middle-ear deafness, |
| definition | : | hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | auditory hyperesthesia, hyperacusia, hyperacusis, |
| definition | : | abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | nerve deafness, sensorineural hearing loss, |
| definition | : | hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve (noun.state) |
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