Pathologic Function
presbycusis
Subclass of:
Sensorineural Hearing Loss (disorder)
Definitions related to presbycusis:
  • Age-related hearing loss caused by the death of hair cells in the inner ear.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • Bilateral hearing loss caused by progressive degeneration of cochlear structures and central auditory pathways, typically associated with the aging process.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Gradual bilateral hearing loss associated with aging that is due to progressive degeneration of cochlear structures and central auditory pathways. Hearing loss usually begins with the high frequencies then progresses to sounds of middle and low frequencies.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Progressive bilateral loss of hearing that occurs in the aged.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The term presbycusis refers to sensorineural hearing impairment in elderly individuals. Characteristically, presbycusis involves bilateral high-frequency hearing loss associated with difficulty in speech discrimination and central auditory processing of information.">
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
  • Presbycusis, gradual impairment of hearing in old age. Ordinarily it is not experienced until after the age of 60. The affected person notices that he has increasing difficulty in hearing high-pitched sounds and in understanding conversation. There is neither medical nor surgical treatment that...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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