Presbyakusis
age-related hearing loss, presbycusis
noun pres-bue-ah-KOO-zis Rare
Origin: from Greek presbys (old man) + akousis (hearing)
Usage Note
Presbyakusis is the gradual hearing loss that occurs with ageing, affecting high frequencies first. It is the most common cause of hearing loss in adults; the term features regularly in geriatric medicine and hearing-aid advertisements in Germany.
Examples
"Presbyakusis beginnt oft schleichend und wird zunächst nicht bemerkt."
Natural Translation
Presbycusis often begins insidiously and is initially not noticed.
Literal Translation
Presbycusis begins often creepingly and is initially not noticed.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Eigengeruch body odour; characteristic personal scent
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