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  2. Presbycusis - Wikipedia

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    Presbycusis (also spelled presbyacusis, from Greek πρέσβυς presbys "old" + ἄκουσις akousis "hearing" [1]), or age-related hearing loss, is the cumulative effect of aging on hearing. It is a progressive and irreversible bilateral symmetrical age-related sensorineural hearing loss resulting from degeneration of the cochlea or ...

  3. Cotard's syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Cotard's syndrome, also known as Cotard's delusion or walking corpse syndrome, is a rare mental disorder in which the affected person holds the delusional belief that they are dead, do not exist, are putrefying, or have lost their blood or internal organs. [1]

  4. Sensorineural hearing loss - Wikipedia

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    Since the inner ear is not directly accessible to instruments, identification is by patient report of the symptoms and audiometric testing. Of those who present to their doctor with sensorineural hearing loss, 90% report having diminished hearing, 57% report having a plugged feeling in ear, and 49% report having ringing in ear ().

  5. Delusional misidentification syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Cotard's syndrome is a rare disorder in which people hold a delusional belief that they are dead (either figuratively or literally), do not exist, are putrefying, or have lost their blood or internal organs. In rare instances, it can include delusions of immortality.

  6. Psychopomp - Wikipedia

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    Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός, psychopompós, literally meaning the 'guide of souls') [1] are creatures, spirits, angels, demons, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife. [2] Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply to guide them.

  7. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    about the dead, either well or nothing: Less literally, "speak well of the dead or not at all"; cf. de mortuis nil nisi bonum. de mortuis nil nisi bonum: about the dead, nothing unless a good thing: From de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est ("nothing must be said about the dead except the good"), attributed by Diogenes Laërtius to Chilon. In ...

  8. Talk:Presbycusis - Wikipedia

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    Presbycusis is defined as hearing loss associated with the degenerative processes of aging. The term comes from the Greek “presbys” meaning “old” and “(a)kousis” meaning “hearing.” A similar use of “presbys” is found in ophthalmology with “presbyopia” or “vision of the elderly.”

  9. Living funeral - Wikipedia

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    A living funeral, also called a pre-funeral, is a funeral held for a living person. It may be important to the person's psychological state and also that of the dying person's family to attend the living funeral. It is also sometimes used as a time to read the will and explain the reasons behind some of the decisions contained within it.