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acoustic shocks

acoustic shocks is the plural of acoustic shock.

Meaning of acoustic shock

Noun

acoustic shock (countable and uncountable, plural acoustic shocks)

  1. The symptoms that can be caused by unexpected loud sounds (an acoustic incident) received through a telephone headset.
    • More than 1,000 people working in call centres across Britain are thought to have suffered the effects of acoustic shock, a little-known hearing condition triggered when people are exposed to a loud and unexpected noise.2006 November 19, Jo Revill, “1,000 call centre workers suffer from noise shock”, in The Observer

Questions about acoustic shocks

What is acoustic shocks the plural of?
Acoustic shocks is the plural of acoustic shock.

Words near acoustic shocks in the dictionary

  1. acoustic rock
  2. acoustic rocker
  3. acoustic shadow
  4. acoustic shadows
  5. acoustic shock
  6. acoustic shocks
  7. acoustic traveltime
  8. acoustic traveltimes
  9. acoustic-electric
  10. acoustica
  11. acoustical

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