(medicine) A difference in the pitch perceptions of the two ears when stimulated by the same sound frequency.
diplacusis
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(dĭp'lə-kū'sĭs, kyū'sĭs)
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A difference in the perception of sound by the ears, either in time or in pitch, so that one sound is heard as two.
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- Hearing impairment
- Diplacusis
- Pitch (psychophysics)
- ICD-10 Chapter VIII: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
