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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 levelsplay

  Familiarity information: HYPERACUSIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HYPERACUSIA (noun)


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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