Injury or Poisoning
acoustic trauma
a·cous·tic trau·ma
Definitions related to acoustic trauma:
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Injury to the hearing mechanisms within the inner ear, caused by excessively loud noise.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Usually refer to hearing loss due to a single noise event such as an explosion or shotgun blast.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Acoustic trauma, physiological changes in the body caused by sound waves. Sound waves cause variations in pressure, the intensity of which depends upon the range of oscillation, the force exerting the sound, and the distribution of waves. Excessive noise exposures can cause hearing loss and...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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