About The Word Deafness
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Deafness
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What's The Definition Of Deafness?
[n] partial or complete loss of hearing
Synonyms | Synonyms for Deafness: Related Terms | Find terms related to Deafness: See Also | deaf-muteness | deaf-mutism | hearing impairment | hearing loss | tone deafness Deafness In Webster's Dictionary \Deaf"ness\, n.
1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs
which prevents the impression which constitute hearing;
want of the sense of hearing.
2. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is
addressed to the understanding.
{Nervous deafness}, a variety of deafness dependent upon
morbid change in some portion of the nervous system,
especially the auditory nerve.
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