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HYPERACUSIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperacusia mean?
• HYPERACUSIA (noun)
The noun HYPERACUSIA has 1 sense:
1. abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels
Familiarity information: HYPERACUSIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
auditory hyperesthesia; hyperacusia; hyperacusis
Hypernyms ("hyperacusia" is a kind of...):
hearing disorder; hearing impairment (impairment of the sense of hearing)
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