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AUDITORY HYPERESTHESIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels
Synonyms:
auditory hyperesthesia; hyperacusia; hyperacusis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("auditory hyperesthesia" is a kind of...):
hearing disorder; hearing impairment (impairment of the sense of hearing)
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