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Definition of Auditory hyperesthesia
1. Noun. Abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels.
Medical Definition of Auditory hyperesthesia
1. Hyperacusia Abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism. Synonym: auditory hyperesthesia. Origin: hyper-+ G. Akousis, a hearing (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Auditory Hyperesthesia
Literary usage of Auditory hyperesthesia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the nervous system: A Text-book of Neurology and Psychiatry by Smith Ely Jelliffe, William Alanson White (1917)
"auditory hyperesthesia is frequently found as a cause of insomnia, of which more
than one form belongs to anxiety neurosis. "2. ..."
2. Rest, Suggestion, and Other Therapeutic Measures in Nervous and Mental Diseases by Francis Xavier Dercum (1917)
"auditory hyperesthesia is more frequently met with. ... Both the auditory
hyperesthesia and the tinnitus are adventitious symptoms. ..."
3. An Outline of abnormal psychology by James Winfred Bridges (1921)
"1. Auditory anesthesia and auditory hypesthesia are usually organic, but may be
functional, as in hysterical deafness. 2. auditory hyperesthesia, increased ..."
4. Atlas and Epitome of Otology by Gustav Brühl, Seth MacCuen Smith (1902)
"Rare—often associated with auditory hyperesthesia. The characteristic symptoms
are sudden changes in the power of hearing, hyper- esthesia, and anesthesia ..."
5. A System of Physiologic Therapeutics: A Practical Exposition of the Methods by Solomon Solis-Cohen (1904)
"I auditory hyperesthesia is more frequently met with. Neurasthenic persons are
usually very sensitive to sounds; they may suffer exquisitely from noises, ..."
6. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1907)
"Now and then symptoms of auditory hyperesthesia are noted, and he suffers
exquisitely from noises even when the latter are insignificant. ..."
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