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presbycusis

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presbycusis [‚prez·bə′kyü·səs]
(medicine)
A condition of diminished auditory acuity associated with old age.


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Another type of hearing loss is presbycusis or age-related hearing loss.
University of Rochester Medical Center scientists focussing on age-related hearing loss, or presbycusis, have for the first time created the mouse equivalent of a person with "golden ears" - people who are able to retain great hearing even as they grow older.
The work by one of the world's foremost groups in age-related hearing loss, or presbycusis, marks the first time that scientists have created the mouse equivalent of a person with "golden ears"- people who are able to retain great hearing even as they grow older.
 
 
 
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