聴神経

ちょうしんけい
noun
auditory nerve
medicalbody-internalhealth
1. auditory nerve; acoustic nerve
The nerve that carries sound information from the inner ear to the brain. Damage to it causes hearing loss that a hearing aid cannot fully correct.
聴神経(ちょうしんけい)に異常(いじょう)が見(み)つかった。
An abnormality was found in the auditory nerve.
音(おと)は聴神経(ちょうしんけい)を通(とお)って脳(のう)に伝(つた)わる。
Sound travels to the brain through the auditory nerve.
大(おお)きな音(おと)を長時間(ちょうじかん)聞(き)き続(つづ)けると、聴神経(ちょうしんけい)が傷(きず)つくことがある。
Listening to loud sounds for long periods can damage the auditory nerve.
検査(けんさ)の結果(けっか)、難聴(なんちょう)の原因(げんいん)は聴神経(ちょうしんけい)の腫瘍(しゅよう)だと分(わ)かった。
The examination revealed that the cause of the hearing loss was a tumor on the auditory nerve.

聴(ちょう) (hearing) plus 神経(しんけい) (nerve). Medical vocabulary, but common enough in health reporting and hospital explanations that learners meet it outside textbooks.

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Compare: 視神経 (optic nerve)
Compare: 鼓膜(こまく) (eardrum)
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Added 2026.7.28 21:21 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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