There is a specific clinical term for the symptom of mishearing words
Clinical neurology recognizes specific terms such as pure word deafness and verbal auditory agnosia to describe the specific symptom of impaired speech sound perception or mishearing words despite preserved hearing and reading capabilities.
The retrieved literature directly supports the claim that there are specific clinical terms (such as 'pure word deafness', 'verbal auditory agnosia', and impaired 'acoustic-phonetic perception') used to describe deficits in perceiving and comprehending spoken words. Multiple papers discuss these specific clinical diagnoses.
Binder JR, Freiberg A, Heffernan J, Giraldo-Chica M, Book DS, Pillay SB. Lesion correlates of impaired acoustic-phonetic perception after unilateral left hemisphere stroke.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae417
Paper [5] discusses acoustic-phonetic perception deficits historically known as pure word deafness.
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Miceli G, Caccia A. The Auditory Agnosias: a Short Review of Neurofunctional Evidence.. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-023-01302-1
Paper [6] reviews pure word deafness and verbal auditory agnosia as specific clinical terms for auditory input disorders.
Takehara T, Hayashi K, Sato M, Yamashita M, Maeda H, Suzuki A, Nakaya Y, Miura T, Takaku N, Kobayashi Y. Case Report: Epilepsy-related pure word deafness in the elderly: an underreported presentation?. 2026. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2026.1776545
Paper [9] presents a case report diagnosing a patient with epilepsy-related pure word deafness (PWD).
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