# Dysacusis

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**Dysacusis** is a [hearing impairment](/source/Hearing_impairment) characterized by difficulty in processing details of [sound](/source/Sound) due to distortion in [frequency](/source/Frequency) or intensity rather than primarily a loss of the ability to perceive sound.[1] The term is sometimes used to describe pain or discomfort due to sound, a condition also known as **auditory [dysaesthesia](/source/Dysesthesia)**.[2]

## References

1. Carterette, Edward (2012-12-02). [*Hearing*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0unDEd5fAgcC&dq=Dysacusis&pg=PA569). Elsevier. p. 569. ISBN 9780323142755.

1. Dercum, Francis Xavier (1895). [*A Text-book on Nervous Diseases*](https://archive.org/details/atextbookonnerv00dercgoog). Lea brothers & Company. pp. [808](https://archive.org/details/atextbookonnerv00dercgoog/page/n839) is a more common.

## Further reading

- Miller, Maurice H. (1968). "Dysacusis". *Pediatric Clinics of North America*. **15** (3): 729–745. Elsevier BV. [doi:10.1016/s0031-3955(16)32173-3](https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-3955(16)32173-3). [ISSN 0031-3955](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0031-3955). [PMID 4174927](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4174927)
- Gomides, A.P.M.; do Rosário, E.J.; Borges, H.M.; Gomides, H.H.M.; de Pádua, P.M.; Sampaio-Barros, P.D. (November 27, 2007). "Sensorineural dysacusis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus". *Lupus*. **16** (12): 987–990. SAGE Publications. [doi:10.1177/0961203307084160](https://doi.org/10.1177/0961203307084160). [ISSN 0961-2033](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0961-2033). [PMID 18042593](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18042593). [S2CID 31055757](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:31055757)

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