profound deafness
Complete hearing absence
Profound deafness is the most severe degree of hearing loss, where a person can detect little or no sound even with amplification.
Someone with profound deafness typically cannot hear speech at any volume and relies on sign language, lip reading, or cochlear implants to communicate.
The term is clinical, distinguishing this level from mild, moderate, or severe hearing loss: She was born with profound deafness in both ears.
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- hearing lossReduced ability to perceive sound
- cochlearOf the spiral ear cavity
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
total silence · hearing aid · sign · language · mute · soundless · lip-reading · closed captions · vibration · ASL · interpreter · lip reading · audiologist · eardrum · nerve · born · congenital · sign language
- ear disordersear pain, tinnitus, hearing loss, earache, inner ear infection
- hearing lossmild hearing loss, severe hearing loss
- Hereditary Deafness
profound deafnessacute hearing
Exceptionally sensitive listening ability
mild hearing loss · sharp hearing · keen hearing · sensitive hearing · hard of hearing
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