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Definition of Hearing loss
1. Noun. Partial or complete loss of hearing.
Generic synonyms: Hearing Disorder, Hearing Impairment
Specialized synonyms: Tin Ear, Tone Deafness, Deaf-muteness, Deaf-mutism
Derivative terms: Deaf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hearing Loss
Literary usage of Hearing loss
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"New explanations and new causes of hearing loss continue to be uncovered. ...
In Alport's syndrome, the hearing loss is usually only in the high frequencies ..."
2. Agricultural Safety and Health: A Resource Guide by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The article discusses the causes of hearing loss on the farm and modern technology
to correct these losses. A chart of the sound levels of typical farm ..."
3. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"Noise-induced hearing loss is often preventable. ... In children, hearing loss
due to chronic otitis media and diseases like meningitis can be reduced ..."
4. Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children: Clinical Practice Guideline by Sylvan E. Stool (1998)
"Although some reports specify details of hearing loss associated with otitis
media with effusion, the available literature taken as a whole does not permit ..."
5. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Most cases of hearing loss in schoolchildren are transient and due to ...
This causes a conductive hearing loss that is often detectable by audiometry. ..."
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