HyperDic: hearing_impairment

English > 1 sense of the expression hearing impairment:
NOUNstatehearing impairment, hearing disorderimpairment of the sense of hearing
English > hearing impairment: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaningimpairment of the sense of hearing.
Synonymhearing disorder
Narrowerconductive hearing loss, conduction deafness, middle-ear deafnesshearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear
deafness, hearing losspartial or complete loss of hearing
hyperacusis, hyperacusia, auditory hyperesthesiaAbnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism
sensorineural hearing loss, nerve deafnesshearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve
Broaderdisability, disablement, handicap, impairmentThe condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
Spanishdeficiencia auditiva, problemas de oído, trastorno auditivo

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