hyperacusis

(ˌhaɪpərəˈkjuːsɪs) n, pl hyperacuses (Medicine) med the sense of a disproportionate increase in volume compared to a moderate auditory stimulus

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hyperacusis - abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levelsauditory hyperesthesia, hyperacusiahearing disorder, hearing impairment - impairment of the sense of hearing

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hyperacusis

[hi″per-ah-ku´sis] abnormal acuteness of the sense of hearing.

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, hyperacusia (hī'pĕr-ă-kū'sis, -kū'sē-ă), Heightened sensitivity to sound, with aversive or pained reactions to normal environmental sounds.
See also: decreased sound tolerance, misophonia, phonophobia.

hyperacusis

(hī′pər-ə-ko͞o′sĭs, -kyo͞o′-)n. Abnormally acute hearing due to heightened irritability of the sensory neural mechanism.

hyperacusis

ENT A marked ↑ in sensitivity to sounds

hy·per·a·cu·sis

, hyperacusia (hi'pĕr-ă-kyū'sis, -kyū'sē-ă) Heightened auditory acuity, sometimes accompanied by painful sensitivity to ordinary environmental sounds. usage note The term is not synonymous with recruitment or hypersensitivity. [hyper- + G. akousis, hearing]

hyperacusis

Undue sensitivity to sound which is perceived as uncomfortably loud, so that normal sound levels may be found intolerable. Also known as recruitment. These are features of various conditions including many cases of SENSORINEURAL DEAFNESS and of BELL'S PALSY. Hyperacusis should be distinguished from phonophobia (fear of sound) and misophonia (dislike of sound).

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noun abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism

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