incapacity to examine or understand sounds normally, because of some disability of the inner ear or auditory nerve pathways going to the brain.
PERCEPTION DEAFNESS: "She was diagnosed last night with perception deafness- we are still awaiting a prognosis."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "PERCEPTION DEAFNESS," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/perception-deafness/ (accessed June 27, 2022).
