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| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Damage to the human ear due to sound waves, referring usually to intolerable noise levels or prolonged exposure to excessive noise. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Acoustic trauma, phonotrauma:noise induced hearing loss resulting from a single brief exposure to an intense sound, distinguished from noise-induced hearing loss of gradual onset in workers exposed to steady noise in their occupations. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Exposure of the ear to noise levels above 85 dBA, whereby the tympanic membrane may burst or the ossicles of the tympanic cavity may be displaced. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: ACOUSTIC TRAUMA |
| Specialty definitions using "ACOUSTIC TRAUMA": auditory trauma ♦ hearing injury ♦ noise induced hearing loss ♦ phonotrauma. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This may imply that impulse noise above a certain critical level results in acoustic trauma from which the ear cannot recover. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
acoustic trauma | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ACOUSTIC TRAUMA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | akustisk traume, akustisk trauma (auditory trauma, hearing injury, phonotrauma), lydtraume, hoeretraume (auditory trauma, hearing injury, phonotrauma), høreskade (hearing impairment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | akoestisch trauma (auditory trauma, hearing injury, phonotrauma), gehoorbeschadiging (enclosure, hearing defect, hearing impairment, impaired hearing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | akustinen trauma (auditory trauma, hearing injury, phonotrauma), kuulovamma (hearing disorders), äkillinen meluvamma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | traumatisme de l'appareil auditif, traumatisme auditif, traumatisme acoustique, trauma acoustique, phonotrauma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | akustisches Trauma (auditory trauma, hearing injury, phonotrauma), Hörtrauma (auditory trauma, hearing injury, phonotrauma), Gehörschädigung (impaired hearing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ηχητικός τραυματισμός, ακουστικό τραύμα (auditory trauma, hearing injury, phonotrauma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trauma acustico (auditory trauma, hearing injury, phonotrauma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acousticay aumatray traumatismo acústico, trauma acústico (auditory trauma, hearing injury, phonotrauma). (various references) trauma acústico (auditory trauma, hearing injury, phonotrauma). (various references) akustiskt trauma (auditory trauma, hearing injury, phonotrauma), hörselskada (impairment of hearing), detonationsskada, bullertrauma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-i-m-o-r-s-t-t-u-u" | |
-3 letters: cataractous. | |
-4 letters: ataractics, autocratic, automatics, masticator. | |
-5 letters: actuators, amaurotic, aromatics, ataractic, autocrats, automatic, cataracts, sarcomata, traumatic. | |
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