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Presbycusis
- Epidemiology
- Over age 65 years
- Pathophysiology
- Slowly progressive Sensorineural Hearing Loss
- Symptoms
- Decreased speech discrimination
- Poor understanding of speech even when loud enough
- Recruitment
- Abnormal hypersensitivity to noise
- Decreased speech discrimination
- Evaluation
- Audiometry
- Acoustic reflex testing
Presbycusis (C0033074) | |
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| Definition (MSH) | 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. |
| Definition (CSP) | progressive bilateral loss of hearing that occurs in the aged. |
| Concepts | Pathologic Function (T046) |
| ICD9 | 388.01 |
| Basque | PRESBIAKUSIA |
| Danish | Horetab aldersbetinget |
| Dutch | Presbyacusis |
| English | age related hearing loss, Age-related hearing loss, Presbyacusia, PRESBYACUSIS, Presbycuses, Presbycusis, Senile deafness, Senile presbyacusis |
| Finnish | IKAHUONOKUULOISUUS |
| French | Presbyacousie |
| German | Presbyakusis/Altersschwerhoerigkeit |
| Hungarian | presbyacusis |
| Italian | Presbiacusia |
| Norwegian | ALDERSBETINGET HORSELSSVEKKELSE |
| Portuguese | Presbiacusia |
| Spanish | Presbiacusia, presbicusia, sordera senil |
| Swedish | PRESBYACUSIS/ALDERSBETINGAD HORSELNEDSATTNING |
| Parent Concepts | Hearing problem (C0260662), Degenerative AND/OR vascular disorder of ear (C0155528), Ear structure (C0013443), Diagnosis/Diseases Component (C0497531), Sensorineural Hearing Loss (C0018784), Diseases of inner ear (C0494559) |
| Sources | AOD, COSTAR, CSP, ICD9CM, ICPC, ICPCBAQ, ICPCDAN, ICPCDUT, ICPCFIN, ICPCFRE, ICPCGER, ICPCHUN, ICPCITA, ICPCNOR, ICPCPOR, ICPCSPA, ICPCSWE, LCH, MSH, NDFRT, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
