Abstract
Deafness (anacusis) is the complete inability to hear speech and other sounds, however much they may be amplified. Persons with partial deafness (hypoacusis, dyacusis) are correctly described as hard of hearing or as having a hearing loss. Chaucer was choosing his words carefully when he described his Wyf of Bathe as only “som-del deef.”
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Further reading
Ballantyne J (1984): Deafness, 4th ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone
Davis H, Silverman SR (1978): Hearing and Deafness, 4th ed. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Jerger J, ed (1984): Hearing Disorders in Adults. San Diego: College-Hill Press
Schuknecht HF (1974): Pathology of the Ear. Cambridge: Harvard University Press
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Hawkins, J.E. (1989). Deafness. In: Abnormal States of Brain and Mind. Readings from the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience . Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6768-8_16
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