| acute | lasting a short time but often causing a serious problem
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| aphasia | not able to speak or write and not able to understand spoken or written works
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| audiogram | report of a hearing test
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| audiology | the study of hearing
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| audiometer | tool used to measure hearing
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| chronic | continuing for a long time
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| double-blind trial | test or experiment in which neither investigators nor subjects know which drug the subject is receiving
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| libido | sexual desire
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| macro- | describes something that is large or long
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| micro- | describes something that is small or delicate
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| monitor | check on, keep track of, watch carefully
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| neurosis | mental and emotional disorder
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| protocol | plan of study
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| psychologist | doctor who treats disorders of the mind, thoughts, and behavior
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| psychosis | severe mental disorder; craziness
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| psychosomatic | having a connection between the mind and physical symptoms
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| random | by chance, like the flip of a coin
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| retrospective | looking back over past experience
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| syndrome | set of signs that happen at the same time in the body
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