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  • noun pathology inability of the ears, due to aging, to focus on high-pitched sounds

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Examples

  • The loss associated with presbycusis is usually greater for high-pitched sounds.

    Mosquitotone Red 2007

  • More common age-related hearing loss, known as presbycusis, occurs slowly as tiny hair cells in the inner ear that convert sound energy into electrical impulses to the brain become damaged or deteriorate.

    Hearing loss 'incredibly common' as Boomers grow older 2011

  • The hearing loss associated with aging is called presbycusis or high frequency, sensory neural hearing loss, caused by a deterioration of the VIII nerve.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • One of the most common forms of hearing loss, presbycusis, affects both ears and reduces the ability to hear all kinds of sound.

    Shock of Gray Ted C. Fishman 2010

  • This is due to presbycusis, a normal loss of acute hearing that occurs with advancing age.

    Mosquitotone Red 2007

  • This is due to presbycusis, a normal loss of acute hearing that occurs with advancing age.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Red 2007

  • A condition called presbycusis, or ageing ear, means that by the time most people reach the age of 25, they cannot hear much above a frequency of 13 or 14 kilohertz.

    Boing Boing: September 24, 2006 - September 30, 2006 Archives 2006

  • For one of the unintended consequences of presbycusis is that it liberates you from the snare and delusion of audiophilia.

    The Deaf Audiophile 2007

  • Like a third of my fellow baby boomers, I'm experiencing one of the more predictable consequences of growing older, which is that I now suffer from a mild but noticeable case of presbycusis, the medical term for age-related hearing loss.

    The Deaf Audiophile 2007

  • Everyone who lives long enough will develop some degree of presbycusis, some sooner than others.

    Medindia Health News 2010

  • Age-related hearing loss, or presbycusis, is incredibly common, affecting about 13 percent of adults in their 50s and over half of Americans over 70.

    How to Spot Hearing Loss as You Age By 2024

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