Hearing impairment

Introduction: Hearing impairment

Description of Hearing impairment

Hearing impairment (medical condition): Reduced ability to hear sounds....more »

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Hearing impairment: impairment of the sense of hearing.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Hearing impairment: lack or significant deficiency of the sense of hearing.
Source: Diseases Database

Hearing impairment: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Hearing impairment:

• Hearing
• Hearing symptoms (1100 causes)
• Hearing disease
• Hearing disorder
• Impairment
• Loss
• Reduction
• Ability
• Sound
• May

Hearing impairment as a Disease

Hearing impairment (medical condition): See Hearing Impairment (disease information).
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Hearing impairment: Related Diseases

Hearing impairment: Hearing impairment is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Ear conditions
• Ear and hearing conditions
• Head conditions
• Speech and communication conditions

More information on medical condition: Hearing Impairment:

• Information about Hearing Impairment
• Basic Summary for Hearing Impairment
• Types of Hearing Impairment
• Symptoms of Hearing Impairment
• Complications of Hearing Impairment
• Treatments for Hearing Impairment

Hearing impairment as a Symptom

Hearing impairment (symptom): Impaired ability to hear....more »

Hearing impairment (symptom): See Hearing impairment (symptom information).

More information on symptom: Hearing impairment:

• Hearing impairment

Hearing impairment: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Hearing impairment:

• otitis media
• glue ear
• upper respiratory tract infection
• paracetamol
• chronic otitis media
• radical mastectomy
• temporal lobe abscess
• conductive deafness
• sensorineural deafness
• presbycusis
• otosclerosis
• cochlear implant
• radcial mastectomy

Terms associated with Hearing impairment:

Terms Similar to Hearing impairment:

• Hearing loss
• Deafness

Source: Diseases Database

• hearing disorder

Source - WordNet 2.1

More specific terms for Hearing impairment:

• deafness
• hearing loss
• conductive hearing loss
• conduction deafness
• middle-ear deafness
• hyperacusis
• hyperacusia
• auditory hyperesthesia
• sensorineural hearing loss
• nerve deafness

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Hearing impairment

• disability
• disablement
• handicap
• impairment

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Hearing impairment

The following list attempts to classify Hearing impairment into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• disability,disablement,handicap,impairment
• bad condition,poor shape,unfitness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

External links related to: Hearing impairment

• GeneReviews: Deafness and Hereditary Hearing Loss Overview
• eMedicine - Hearing Impairment : Article by Michael Lotke, MD

Source: Diseases Database

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