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HEARING LOSS

Pronunciation (US):

• HEARING LOSS (noun)
The noun HEARING LOSS has 1 sense:

1. partial or complete loss of hearing

Familiarity information: HEARING LOSS used as a noun is very rare.

• HEARING LOSS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Partial or complete loss of hearing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

deafness; hearing loss

Hypernyms ("hearing loss" is a kind of...):

hearing disorder; hearing impairment (impairment of the sense of hearing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hearing loss"):

tin ear; tone deafness (an inability to distinguish differences in pitch)

deaf-muteness; deaf-mutism (congenital deafness that results in inability to speak)

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Useful links:
Definition of hearing impairment
Definition of deaf-mutism
Definition of tin ear
Definition of deaf-muteness
Definition of tone deafness

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