mild hearing loss
Partial auditory impairment
Mild hearing loss is a degree of hearing impairment where soft sounds and speech in noisy environments become difficult to perceive, though conversation at normal volume remains largely intelligible.
Audiologists classify it as hearing thresholds between 26 and 40 decibels—enough to miss whispers, distant speech, or consonants like "s" and "f." The audiologist diagnosed mild hearing loss in her left ear.
- partialFavoring one side
- deafnessLack of auditory function
- audiologistHearing disorder specialist
- muffledMade quieter, less distinct
- faintWeak and indistinct
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