nerve deafness
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nerve deafness
(′nərv ′def·nəs)
(medicine) Deafness due to an abnormality of the sense organs or of the nerves involved in hearing.
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nerve deafness
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Impaired hearing caused by pathologic conditions in the auditory nerve or the hair cells of the organ of Corti in the inner ear (for example, high-tone deafness, which comes with age; damage to the organ of Corti by noise; or a tumor of an auditory nerve). Hearing aids are usually of little benefit.
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