auditory
Perceived through ears
Auditory relates to hearing or the sense of hearing: auditory processing, auditory cortex, auditory hallucinations.
The word appears mainly in technical and medical contexts.
In everyday speech, people more often say "hearing" as an adjective: hearing loss rather than auditory loss.
Perceiving sound waves
- listenPerceive sound attentively
- hearPerceive by ear
- perceiveBecome conscious of
- soundAudible wave phenomenon
detect · discern · aural · acoustic · sonic · earshot · tune in · overhear
Auditory organ
- cochleaSpiral hearing organ
- eardrumInner auditory membrane
- pinnaExternal ear structure
- ossiclesMinute skeletal structures
vestibule · auricle · tympanum · eustachian · mastoid · inner ear · middle ear · outer ear
Frequency of sound
- toneQuality of sound
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- volumeAmount of space filled
decibels · amplitude · resonance · vibration · wavelength · echo · reverberation · acoustics
Perceived phantom ear sounds
- deafnessLack of auditory function
- hearing lossReduced ability to perceive sound
- otitisInflamed hearing organ
- hearing-impairedHaving partial or total deafness
audiogram · audiometry · audiometer · otology · otolaryngology · hearing aid · cochlear implant · earplug
Study of speech sounds
- phonationVocal fold vibration
- articulationClear vocal expression
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- prosodyStudy of verse rhythm
inflection · enunciation · diction · accent · pronunciation · vocalization · utterance · spoken
hearing
Perceiving sound waves
sound · detect · discern · aural · acoustic · sonic · earshot · tune in · overhear · eavesdrop
ear
Auditory organ
ossicles · vestibule · auricle · tympanum · eustachian · mastoid · inner ear · middle ear · outer ear · stirrup
pitch
Frequency of sound
volume · decibels · amplitude · resonance · vibration · wavelength · echo · reverberation · acoustics · noise
tinnitus
Perceived phantom ear sounds
- deafnessLack of auditory function
- hearing lossReduced ability to perceive sound
- otitisInflamed hearing organ
hearing-impaired · audiogram · audiometry · audiometer · otology · otolaryngology · hearing aid · cochlear implant · earplug · otoscope
phonetics
Study of speech sounds
- phonationVocal fold vibration
- articulationClear vocal expression
- intonationPitch variation in speech
prosody · inflection · enunciation · diction · accent · pronunciation · vocalization · utterance · spoken · verbal
- audiosound, headphones, volume control, sound recording, noise
- soundsound, sound waves, echoes, acoustics, vibrations
- hearingear, cochlea, hearing loss, deaf, hearing test
- sensessight, smell, taste, hearing, touch
- sensory qualitiestaste, smell, aroma, sound, texture
- sensory termshearing, touch, smell, taste, sound
- tax auditorsOfficials reviewing fiscal filings
- auditory hallucinationsPerceived sounds without stimulus
- financial auditorsExaminers of fiscal records
- auditory thresholdFaintest sound perceivable
- auditory nervesNeural pathways for hearing
- auditory learnerOne who learns by hearing
auditorium, auditors, auditoriums, auditory nerve, auditorily