- acoustic aphasia
- auditory a.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
acoustic aphasia
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acoustic aphasia — noun an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss • Syn: ↑auditory aphasia, ↑word deafness • Hypernyms: ↑aphasia … Useful english dictionary
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auditory aphasia — n inability to understand spoken words * * * a form of receptive aphasia in which sounds are heard but convey no meaning to the person affected, due to disease of the subcortical pathways leading to the main auditory center of the brain, or… … Medical dictionary
word deafness — noun an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss • Syn: ↑auditory aphasia, ↑acoustic aphasia • Hypernyms: ↑aphasia … Useful english dictionary
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