#hearing_impairment__hearingimpairment__hearing_loss impairment of the sense of hearing
supertype: #disability__disablement__handicap__impairment the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"
subtype: #deafness partial or complete loss of hearing
subtype: #tone_deafness an inability to distinguish differences in pitch
subtype: #deaf-mutism__deaf-muteness congenital deafness that results in inability to speak
subtype: #conductive_hearing_loss__conduction_deafness__middle-ear_deafness hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear
subtype: #sensorineural_hearing_loss__nerve_deafness hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve
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