Hearing loss definition

Hearing loss for newborns and neonates means failure to pass the brainstem auditory evoked response performed at the audiologic evaluation. Current hearing screening technology detects levels of hearing loss as low as 35 decibels.
Hearing loss means an impairment that is a dysfunction of the auditory system of any type or degree sufficient to interfere with acquisition and development of speech and language.
Hearing loss means deafness or hard of hearing as determined by an audiologist, otologist, or otolaryngologist, and demonstrated by a 25 decibel HL threshold (ANSI, 69) or worse for one or more of the frequencies 250-8000HZ, in one or both ears, with or without amplification.

Examples of Hearing loss in a sentence

  • They are only available if you have either of the following:• Craniofacial anomalies whose abnormal or absent ear canals prevent the use of a wearable hearing aid.• Hearing loss severe enough that it would not be remedied by a wearable hearing aid.

  • Christ, et al., Hearing loss in athyroid pax8 knockout mice and effects of thyroxine substitution.


More Definitions of Hearing loss

Hearing loss means a permanent unilateral or bilateral hearing loss of greater than 30 dB HL in the frequency region important for speech recognition (500-4000 Hz).
Hearing loss means an inability in one or both ears to detect sounds at 30 decibels hearing level or greater in the fre- quency region of 500 to 4,000 hertz that affects speech recognition and auditory comprehension.
Hearing loss means any form of hearing impairment, from mild to profound.
Hearing loss means the difference, expressed in decibels, between the hearing threshold of an individual and a standard refer- ence hearing threshold.
Hearing loss means any degree of permanent impairment of the ability to apprehend sound.
Hearing loss means a hearing loss of 30 decibels or more in the frequency region important for speech recognition and comprehension in one or both ears. The department may adopt rules to decrease the amount of decibels of hearing loss as technology allows for detection of hearing loss of 15 to 25 decibels in one or both ears.[PL 1999, c. 647, §2 (NEW).]
Hearing loss means a hearing loss of 16 decibels or more in the frequency region important for speech recognition and comprehension in one or both ears.