| BIDS | brittle hair, intellectual impairment, decreased fertility, and short stature [syndrome] |
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| CIS | carcinoma in situ; catheter-induced spasm; central inhibitory state; Chemical Information Service; c... |
| FAI | first aid instruction; free androgen index; functional aerobic impairment; functional assessment inv... |
| MIB | management information base; Medical Impairment Bureau |
| OI | obturator internus; occasional insomnia; opportunistic infection; opsonic index; orgasmic impairment... |
| psychogenic torticollis | Spasmodic contractions of the neck muscles, of psychosomatic origin. See: spasmodic torticollis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| psychogenic tremor | Usually a coarse, irregular tremor, limited to one limb. Synonym: psychogenic tremor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogenic vomiting | Vomiting associated with emotional distress and anxiety. (05 Mar 2000) |
| american speech-language-hearing association | A professional society concerned with the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and remediation of speech, language, and hearing disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rehabilitation of hearing impaired | Procedures for assisting a person with a hearing disorder to maximum comprehension in communication. (12 Dec 1998) |
| resonance theory of hearing | That the basilar membrane of the cochlea acts as a resonating structure, recording low tones from its apical turns and high tones from its basal turns. Synonym: Helmholtz theory of hearing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber's test for hearing | The application of a vibrating tuning fork to one of several points in the midline of the head or face, to ascertain in which ear the sound is heard best by bone conduction, that ear being the affected one if the sound-conducting apparatus (middle ear) is at fault (positive test), but probably the normal one if the neurosensory apparatus is diseased (negative test). (05 Mar 2000) |
| conductive hearing loss | <otolaryngology> A form of deafness that results from a blockage of the ear canal or dysfunction of the ossicles or eardrum (sound collecting apparatus). In conductive hearing loss the auditory nerve is normal, but there exists a physical problem with the sound collecting apparatus. (05 Jan 1998) |
| hearing | The sensation of sound. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hearing aid | An electronic amplifying device designed to bring sound more effectively into the ear; it consists of a microphone, amplifier, and receiver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hearing aids | Devices which amplify sound to help persons with hearing loss. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hearing impaired persons | Persons with any degree of loss of hearing that has an impact on their activities of daily living or that requires special assistance or intervention. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hearing level | The measure of the status of hearing as read directly on the hearing loss scale of an audiometer; described in decibels as a deviation from a standard value for zero on the audiometer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hearing loss, bilateral | Partial hearing loss in both ears. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hearing loss, central | Hearing loss due to central nervous system disease, anywhere in the auditory pathways from the cochlear nucleus of the pons to the auditory cortex. (12 Dec 1998) |