Gradual bilateral hearing loss associated with aging that is due to progressive degeneration of cochlear structures and central auditory pathways. Hearing loss usually begins with the high frequencies then progresses to sounds of middle and low frequencies.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D011304
altLabel
Presbycuses
AQL
BL CF CI CL CN CO DG DH DI DT EC EH EM EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PC PP PS PX RH RT SU TH UR VE VI
cui
C0033074
DC
1
definition
Gradual bilateral hearing loss associated with aging that is due to progressive degeneration of cochlear structures and central auditory pathways. Hearing loss usually begins with the high frequencies then progresses to sounds of middle and low frequencies.
DX
19910101
HN
91(72); was see under HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL 1979-90; was see under DEAFNESS 1975-78