word deafness

deafness /deaf·ness/ (-nes) hearing loss; lack or loss, complete or partial, of the sense of hearing.

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acoustic trauma deafness  that due to blast injury.

Alexander's deafness  congenital deafness due to cochlear aplasia, chiefly of the organ of Corti and adjacent ganglion cells, with high-frequency hearing loss results.

conduction deafness , conductive deafness conductive hearing loss.

labyrinthine deafness  that due to disease of the labyrinth.

Michel's deafness  congenital deafness due to total lack of development of the inner ear.

Mondini's deafness  congenital deafness due to dysgenesis of the organ of Corti, with partial aplasia of the bony and membranous labyrinth and a resultant flattened cochlea.

nerve deafness , neural deafness that due to a lesion of the auditory nerve on the central neural pathways.

pagetoid deafness  that seen in osteitis deformans of the bones of the skull.

perceptive deafness  sensorineural hearing loss.

transmission deafness  conductive hearing loss.

word deafness  auditory aphasia.

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word deafness

n.

Aphasia in which the meaning of ordinary spoken words becomes incomprehensible.

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word deafness.

See auditory amnesia.