hearing impairment

1. Impairment of the sense of hearing (synset 114574389)
   is a type of: disability, disablement, handicap, impairment - the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: hearing disorder

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