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hearing impairment
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Noun1.hearing impairment - impairment of the sense of hearing
hearing disorder
disability, disablement, handicap, impairment - the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"
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
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Introduction Sudden hearing loss is defined as a sensorineural hypoacusis of at least 30 dB in 3 consecutive speech frequencies that has occurred within the previous 3 days.
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