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dysacusis

dysacusis noun: a hearing impairment characterized by difficulty in processing details of sound due to distortion in frequency or intensity, but not primarily a loss of the ability to perceive sound.

Noun

dysacusis (countable and uncountable, plural dysacuses)

  1. A hearing impairment characterized by difficulty in processing details of sound due to distortion in frequency or intensity, but not primarily a loss of the ability to perceive sound.

Forms of dysacusis

pluraldysacuses

Origin of dysacusis

From dys- + -acusis.

Questions about dysacusis

What does dysacusis mean?
Dysacusis means a hearing impairment characterized by difficulty in processing details of sound due to distortion in frequency or intensity, but not primarily a loss of the ability to perceive sound.
What part of speech is dysacusis?
Dysacusis is a noun.
What is the plural of dysacusis?
The plural of dysacusis is dysacuses.

Words near dysacusis in the dictionary

  1. dys-
  2. dys-synchronies
  3. dys-synchrony
  4. dysacousia
  5. dysacuses
  6. dysacusis
  7. dysadaptation
  8. dysadaptations
  9. dysaemia
  10. dysaemic
  11. dysaerobic

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