Auditory Agnosia

Auditory Agnosia

Auditory agnosia refers to an inability to appreciate the meaning of sounds despite normal perception of pure tones as assessed by audiological examination. This agnosia may be for either verbal material (pure word deafness) or nonverbal material, either sounds (bells, whistles, animal noises) or music (amusia, of receptive or sensory type).

Cross References

Agnosia; Amusia; Phonagnosia; Pure word deafness