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auditory agnosia

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au·di·to·ry ag·no·si·a

inability to recognize sounds as symbols or words or as music; caused by a lesion of the auditory cortex of the temporal lobe.
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auditory agnosia

The inability to recognise or differentiate sounds due to an inability to process the signal and attach a significance to it (e.g., the inability to link mewing with a cat).
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auditory agnosia

Neurology An inability to recognize sounds, a common finding in parietal lobe tumors. See Agnosia.
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au·di·to·ry ag·no·si·a

(aw'di-tōr-ē ag-nō'zē-ă)
Inability to recognize sounds, words, or music; caused by a lesion of the auditory cortex of the temporal lobe.
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Herpes and its hearing implications: a literature review/ Do herpes e suas implicacoes audiologicas: uma revisao de literatura
Doctors often refer to this problem as auditory agnosia or "word deafness." The auditory agnosia may occur slowly or very quickly.
Children who have learned to read and write before the onset of auditory agnosia can often continue communicating through written language.
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