ICD-11 classes
10 Diseases of the ear or mastoid process
Disorders with hearing impairment
AB54 — Presbycusis
ICD-11 AB54 — Presbycusis
The term presbycusis refers to sensorineural hearing impairment in elderly individuals. Characteristically, presbycusis involves bilateral high-frequency hearing loss associated with difficulty in speech discrimination and central auditory processing of information.
It includes 1 item.
- Presbyacusia
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.