Diseases

Hearing Loss

A general term for the complete or partial loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A general term for the complete or partial loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears.

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Synonyms

12 entry terms
  • Hearing Impairment
  • Hypoacusis
  • Hypoacuses
  • Loss, Hearing
  • Deafness, Transitory
  • Hearing Loss, Transitory
  • Transitory Hearing Loss
  • Deafnesses, Transitory
  • Loss, Transitory Hearing
  • Transitory Deafness
  • Transitory Deafnesses
  • Transitory Hearing Losses

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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History Note

2003; use DEAFNESS 2000-2002

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Tree Numbers

  1. C09.218w.458.341w
  2. C10w.597.751.418.341w
  3. C23.888w.592.763.393.341w

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NLM Classification

WV 270

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hearing Loss. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D034381. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D034381
  2. Hearing Loss. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deafness
  3. Hearing Loss. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12133