Abnormal speech discrimination

What it means

A type of hearing impairment prominently characterized by a difficulty in understanding speech, rather than an inability to hear speech. Poor speech discrimination is a very common symptom of high frequency hearing loss.

Rare diseases that can present with this2

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category