Definition of hearing impairment Hearing impairment
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What does hearing impairment mean?
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| 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 | ||
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hearing impairment
A decrease in strength or any abnormality or partial or complete loss of hearing or of the function of ear, or hearing system, due directly \nor secondarily to pathology or injury; it may be either temporary or permanent.
