α. 1800s presbykousis, 1800s– presbycousis, 1800s– presbycusis, 1900s– presbyacousis (rare), 1900s– presbyacusis.
β. 1900s– presbyacousia, 1900s– presbyacusia, 1900s– presbycusia (rare).
presbycusisn.
/ˌprɛzbᵻˈkuːsɪs/, /ˌprɛsbᵻˈkuːsɪs/, /ˌprɛzbᵻˈkuːzɪs/, U.S. /ˌprɛzbəˈkusəs/, /ˌprɛsbəˈkusəs/ Medicine.
Deterioration of hearing commonly occurring with advancing age, usually affecting both ears and beginning with reduced sensitivity to higher-pitched sounds.
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deafheadc1350
deafness1398
surdity1598
cophosis1657
presbycusis1890
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 386/1 Presbykousis, diminution of hearing power, due to old age.
1900 Lancet 18 Aug. 538/2 To this last belonged the progressive deafness which came on between the ages of 40 and 50 years, and which had been called presbyacousia.
1958 Times Rev. Industry Aug. 13/1 Gradual blunting of auditory acuity with the increasing age of the worker..is known as ‘presbycusis’.
1987 Jrnl. Laryngol. & Otol. 101 1131 Hearing loss due to the acceleration of biological and environmental effects (accelerated presbyacusis) may be preventable.
1992 V. Capel Public Addr. Syst. ix. 134 As everyone above early middle age is affected by presbycusis, a large part of an audience may have some difficulty in understanding speech propagated from a ceiling matrix.
2002 Times 11 Feb. (Medical Guide) 16/2 Age-related deafness (presbyacusis) has quite clear symptoms: as well as becoming quieter, sounds become distorted and fuzzy, and the sounds ‘f’, ‘s’ and ‘z’ are lost.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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