難聴(なんちょう)

なんちょう
noun
hearing loss; hardness of hearing
1. hearing loss; hardness of hearing; hearing impairment
A medical condition in which a person's ability to hear is reduced. Ranges from mild difficulty to profound deafness. Used both as a medical term and in everyday conversation.
祖父(そふ)は難聴(なんちょう)で補聴器(ほちょうき)を使(つか)っている。
My grandfather has hearing loss and uses a hearing aid.
騒音(そうおん)による難聴(なんちょう)が若者(わかもの)の間(あいだ)で増(ふ)えている。
Noise-induced hearing loss is increasing among young people.
突発性(とっぱつせい)難聴(なんちょう)は早(はや)めに治療(ちりょう)を始(はじ)めることが大切(たいせつ)だと言(い)われている。
It is said that it's important to start treatment early for sudden hearing loss.

USAGE:
A medical term that also appears in everyday conversation. Often used with degree modifiers to describe severity.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 突発性(とっぱつせい)難聴(なんちょう) (sudden hearing loss)
  • 感音性(かんおんせい)難聴(なんちょう) (sensorineural hearing loss)
  • 難聴(なんちょう)者(しゃ) (person with hearing loss)
  • 軽度(けいど)の難聴(なんちょう) (mild hearing loss)
  • 難聴(なんちょう)になる (to develop hearing loss)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 聴覚障害(ちょうかくしょうがい): hearing disability — a broader, more formal term often used in legal and administrative contexts
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