auditory agnosia
- noun
- /ɔːˈdɪtəri æɡˈnoʊziə/
- Specialized
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agnosia auditiva
- People with auditory agnosia can hear sounds but cannot interpret their meaning, even familiar voices or words.
Examples
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The neurologist explained that auditory agnosia is rare and different from hearing loss.
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After his illness, he was diagnosed with auditory agnosia, which made it difficult for him to understand spoken language.
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She was diagnosed with auditory agnosia last year.
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Many patients with auditory agnosia struggle to understand speech.
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People with auditory agnosia can hear sounds but cannot interpret their meaning, even familiar voices or words.
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After his illness, he was diagnosed with auditory agnosia, which made it difficult for him to understand spoken language.
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Many patients with auditory agnosia struggle to understand speech.
Synonyms
A condition that makes it hard to understand spoken language despite normal hearing due to brain damage
A problem where a person cannot understand speech even though hearing is normal
A condition in which a person cannot understand speech despite normal hearing
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is fully compositional: 'auditory' (relating to hearing) modifies 'agnosia' (an impaired ability to recognize), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes an inability to recognize sounds. This medical naming pattern is regular and mirrored in other languages (e.g., agnosia auditiva / agnosie auditive), supporting transparent interpretation.
Etymology
Auditory agnosia comes from two parts: auditory meaning 'hearing' and agnosia meaning 'no knowledge'. Imagine you can hear voices and sounds clearly but cannot understand what they mean, so the term describes being able to hear but not understand spoken words or other sounds.