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Descriptor English: Presbycusis
Descriptor Spanish: Presbiacusia
Descriptor presbiacusia
Entry term(s) sordera senil
Scope note: Pérdida bilateral gradual de la audición asociada al envejecimiento y debida a degeneración progresiva de las estructuras cocleares y de las vías auditivas centrales. La pérdida auditiva suele iniciarse para las frecuencias altas y posteriormente progresa para los sonidos de frecuencias medias y bajas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Presbiacusia
Descriptor French: Presbyacousie
Entry term(s): Presbycuses
Tree number(s): C09.218.458.341.887.772
C10.597.751.418.341.887.772
C23.888.592.763.393.341.887.772
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011304
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Deafness (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL 1979-90; was see under DEAFNESS 1975-78
History Note: 91(72); was see under HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL 1979-90; was see under DEAFNESS 1975-78
DeCS ID: 11739
Unique ID: D011304
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/07
Presbycusis - Preferred
Concept UI M0017555
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Presbycusis
Entry term(s) Presbycuses



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