There is a specific clinical term for the symptom of mishearing words
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SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 80/100
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.
Evidence for · 3
Lesion correlates of impaired acoustic-phonetic perception after unilateral left hemisphere stroke.
2025 · cited by 5
Paper [5] discusses acoustic-phonetic perception deficits historically known as pure word deafness.
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More for · 2
The Auditory Agnosias: a Short Review of Neurofunctional Evidence.
2023 · cited by 5
Paper [6] reviews pure word deafness and verbal auditory agnosia as specific clinical terms for auditory input disorders.
Case Report: Epilepsy-related pure word deafness in the elderly: an underreported presentation?
2026 · cited by 0
Paper [9] presents a case report diagnosing a patient with epilepsy-related pure word deafness (PWD).