paracusis

Also par·a·cu·sia

[par-uh-kyoo-sis]

noun

Pathology.

1. defective hearing.

Other Word Forms

• paracusic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of paracusis¹

1650–60; par- + Greek ákousis hearing; acoustic, -sis

Example Sentences

Paracusis, par-a-kū′sis, n. disordered hearing.

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Certain anomalous conditions of hearing are occasionally met with, such as the “paracusis of Willis”—a condition in which the patient hears better in a noise; “diplacusis,” or double hearing; and “hyperæsthesia acustica,” or painful impressions of sound.

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If words spoken are incorrectly heard on account of acquired defects of the peripheral ear, the patient mis-hears, and the abnormal condition is called paracusis.

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