| hearing loss, noise-induced | Hearing loss from exposure to noise. The loss is often in the frequency range 4000-6000 hertz. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| signal-to-noise ratio | <microscopy> Also sometimes used as an abbreviation for serial number, can be somewhat confusing in the case of electronic equipment. (05 Aug 1998) |
| structured noise | In radiology, the signals from anatomic structures which interfere with the detection of significant pathology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| noise | 1. Sound of any kind. "The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived." (Bacon) Noise is either a sound of too short a duration to be determined, like the report of a cannon; or else it is a confused mixture of many discordant sounds, like the rolling of thunder or the noise of the waves. Nevertheless, the difference between sound and noise is by no means precise. 2. Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din. 3. Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. "The noise goes." "What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!" (T. Baker) "Soerates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages." (Spectator) 4. Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. "The king has his noise of gypsies." (B. Jonson) Synonym: Cry, outcry, clamor, din, clatter, uproar. Origin: F. Noise noisy strife, quarrel, brawl, fr. L. Nausea seasickness, sickness, disgust. See Nausea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| noise-induced deafness | A type of sensorineural deafness caused by prolonged exposure to loud sounds, e.g., jet engines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| noise, occupational | Noise present in occupational, industrial, and factory situations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| noise, transportation | Noise associated with transportation, particularly aircraft and automobiles. (12 Dec 1998) |
| optical noise | <microscopy> Image defects that become especially conspicuous when the image is enhanced. In video microscopy, includes hot spots, mottle, uneven illumination, etc. (05 Aug 1998) |
| acoustic | Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory. Acoustic duct, the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear. Acoustic telegraph, a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone. Acoustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance. Origin: F. Acoustique, Gr. Relating to hearing, fr. To hear. A medicine or agent to assist hearing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acoustic agraphia | The inability to write from dictation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acoustic aphasia | An impairment in comprehension of the auditory forms of language and communication, including the ability to write from dictation in the presence of normal hearing. Spontaneous speech, reading, and writing are not affected. Synonym: acoustic aphasia, word deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acoustic area | The floor of the lateral recess of the fourth ventricle, extending medially to the limiting sulcus and overlying the cochlear and vestibular nuclei of the rhombencephalon. Synonym: area acustica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acoustic cell | A hair cell of the organ of Corti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acoustic crest | An elevation on the inner surface of the ampulla of each saemicircular duct; filaments of the vestibular nerve pass through the crista to reach hair cells on its surface; the hair cells are capped by the cupula, a gelatinous protein-polysaccharide mass. Synonym: crista ampullaris, acoustic crest, transverse septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acoustic enhancement | A manifestation of increased acoustic signal amplitude returning from regions beyond an object which causes little or no attenuation of the sound beam. Compare: acoustic shadow. (05 Mar 2000) |