acute hearing
Keen auditory perception
Acute hearing is the ability to perceive sounds with unusual sharpness or sensitivity.
Someone with acute hearing detects faint noises others miss or distinguishes subtle differences in pitch and tone: Dogs have acute hearing that picks up frequencies beyond human range.
The phrase often appears in contexts involving alertness or heightened awareness.
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
- attunedAdjusted to perceive
- prick upRaise alertly
listening · earshot · ultrasonic · dog whistle · whisper · rustling · detecting · pitch · sound waves · frequency · sonar · bat · owl · night vision · predator · alert · vigilant · danger sense
- predator traitssharp teeth, sharp claws, fangs, claws, talons
- animal sensessight, smell, taste, touch, echolocation
- raptor traitshooked beak, sharp talons, keen eyesight, binocular vision, hunting instinct
- big catslion, leopard, lioness, cub, cougar
- adaptationsfilm adaptation, film adaptations, movie adaptation, TV adaptation, TV adaptations
- antelope featureshorns, hooves, legs, eyes, ears
acute hearingdeafness
Lack of auditory function
hearing loss · muffled hearing · hard of hearing · hearing impairment · partial deafness
acute hearingdeafness
Lack of auditory function
hearing loss · hard of hearing · deaf · profound deafness · partial deafness
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