Also means
auditory capacity
Usage Note
Hörvermögen refers to the overall capacity to hear. Nachlassendes Hörvermögen (declining hearing ability) is a common topic in discussions of ageing, noise-induced hearing loss, and hearing aid (Hörgerät) use.
Examples
"Laute Musik über Kopfhörer kann das Hörvermögen dauerhaft schädigen."
Natural Translation
Loud music through headphones can permanently damage hearing ability.
Literal Translation
Loud music over headphones can permanently damage the hearing ability.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Eigengeruch body odour; characteristic personal scent
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