nerve deafness — n hearing loss or impairment resulting from injury to or loss of function of the organ of Corti or the auditory nerve called also perceptive deafness compare CENTRAL DEAFNESS, CONDUCTION DEAFNESS * * * neural deafness neural hearing … Medical dictionary
nerve deafness — noun hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve • Syn: ↑sensorineural hearing loss • Hypernyms: ↑hearing impairment, ↑hearing disorder * * * nerve deafness, deafness due to disorder of the acoustic nerve … Useful english dictionary
Deafness with goiter — Deafness with goiter, which is Pendred syndrome, is the hereditary association of congenital deafness (deafness at the time of birth) and goiter (enlargement of the thyroid gland in the front of the neck) due to a defect in the making of thyroid… … Medical dictionary
deafness — See deafly. * * * Partial or total inability to hear. In conduction deafness, the passage of sound vibrations through the ear is interrupted. The obstacle may be earwax, a ruptured eardrum, or stapes fixation, which prevents the stapes bone from… … Universalium
Deafness — Deaf ness, n. 1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing. [1913 Webster] 2. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deafness — General term for inability to hear. central d. d. due to disorder of the auditory system of the brainstem or cerebral cortex. cortical d. d. resulting from bilateral lesions of the primary receptive … Medical dictionary
deafness — n. partial or total loss of hearing in one or both ears. Conductive deafness is due to a defect in the conduction of sound from the external ear to the inner ear. This may be due to perforations of the eardrum, fluid or infection in the middle… … The new mediacal dictionary
Nerve, eighth cranial — The eighth cranial nerve is the vestibulocochlear nerve. The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the sense of hearing and it is also pertinent to balance, to the body position sense. Problems with the vestibulocochlear nerve may result in… … Medical dictionary
Nerve, vestibulocochlear — A nerve that is responsible for the sense of hearing and which is also pertinent to balance, to the body position sense. Problems with the vestibulocochlear nerve may result in deafness, tinnitus (ringing or noise in the ears), dizziness, vertigo … Medical dictionary
central deafness — n hearing loss or impairment resulting from defects in the central nervous system (as in the auditory area) rather than in the ear itself or the auditory nerve compare CONDUCTION DEAFNESS, NERVE DEAFNESS … Medical dictionary
Goiter-deafness syndrome — The goiter deafness syndrome, commonly called Pendred syndrome, is the hereditary association of congenital deafness (deafness at the time of birth) and goiter (enlargement of the thyroid gland in the front of the neck) due to a defect in the… … Medical dictionary
