Diseases

Hidden Hearing Loss

Hearing loss that is difficult to diagnose by standard hearing tests as it most often pertains to difficulties in hearing only in certain situations such as in noisy environments.

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Abstract

Hearing loss that is difficult to diagnose by standard hearing tests as it most often pertains to difficulties in hearing only in certain situations such as in noisy environments.

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13 entry terms
  • Hearing Loss, Hidden
  • Hidden Hearing Losses
  • Auditory Synaptopathy
  • Cochlear Synaptopathy
  • Noise-Induced Cochlear Synaptopathy
  • Auditory Synaptopathies
  • Cochlear Synaptopathies
  • Cochlear Synaptopathy, Noise-Induced
  • Noise Induced Cochlear Synaptopathy
  • Noise-Induced Cochlear Synaptopathies
  • Synaptopathy, Auditory
  • Synaptopathy, Cochlear
  • Synaptopathy, Noise-Induced Cochlear

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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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History Note

2024

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Previous Indexing

  • Hearing Loss (2011-2023)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hidden Hearing Loss. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000097942. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000097942
  2. Hidden Hearing Loss. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3508741