See Also: Deafness(medicine)
deafness(encyclopedia)
Deafness(health)
Alexander's deafness(medicine)
organic deafness(medicine)
perceptive deafness(medicine)
functional deafness(medicine)
prelingual deafness(medicine)
psychogenic deafness(medicine)
deafness, sudden(medicine)

Deafness (health)


A general term for the complete or partial loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears. Deafness may result from ear diseases; vestibulocochlear nerve diseases; or brain diseases.