acoustic trauma deafness

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The impairment or loss of hearing caused by injury to the inner ear after exposure to extremely loud or prolonged sounds.

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For them, the trauma of assault can be compounded by a lack of institutional support, and even disciplinary action.
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Question them, and you are colluding in exacerbating the awful effects of their trauma.
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Does he give in to the trauma or does he embrace all of the lessons he has learned?
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The 54-year-old trauma doctor and father of three is suffering from heart disease.
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It doesn't make you a better person because you endured the indignity and trauma of it.
On Her Own Terms: Why Brittany Maynard Has Chosen to Die|Gene Robinson|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From that region they issue to inflict diseases, especially blindness and deafness.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
And the papers of Braulinski of the old University of Warsaw on the fear trauma which he termed a birthmark of civilization.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
At Oxford Circus they got out, and left me pondering on deafness and dumbness.
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Originally, he endeavoured to reawaken the memory of the sexual trauma by means of the induction of profound hypnosis.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert Moll
A curious fact relating to the white cat of not only the long but also the short-haired breed is their deafness.
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