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Noun: auditory aphasia
  1. An impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss
    "Despite normal hearing tests, the patient with auditory aphasia struggled to comprehend spoken words";
    - acoustic aphasia, word deafness

Derived forms: auditory aphasias

Type of: alogia, aphasia

Encyclopedia: Auditory aphasia