Presbyacusia: See: Presbycusis.
presbyacousia, presbyacusia 1. Dullness of hearing characteristic of old age. 2. Loss of the ability to perceive or to discriminate sounds which is associated with aging; the pattern and age of onset vary. 3. A progressive, bilaterally symmetric perceptive hearing loss occurring with age. 4. The most common type of hearing loss in the elderly, cons...