auditory system
Ears and beyond
The auditory system is the sensory apparatus for hearing—the ears and the neural pathways that transmit sound information to the brain.
It includes the outer ear, which collects sound waves; the middle ear, which amplifies them; the inner ear, which converts them to electrical signals; and the auditory cortex, which processes them into what we perceive as sound.
Spiral hearing organ
- temporal lobeBrain section for hearing
- ossiclesMinute skeletal structures
- malleusHammer-shaped hearing bone
- incusMiddle ear ossicle
stapes · eardrum · pinna · auricle · earlobe · middle ear · inner ear · eustachian tube
Rate of recurrence
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
- decibelTenth of a bel
- pitchFrequency of sound
- toneQuality of sound
volume · resonance · timbre · waveform · harmonics · echo · reverberation · vibration
Perceiving sound waves
- listeningAttending to sound
- audibilityCapacity to be heard
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
attention · awareness · perception · psychoacoustics · masking · threshold · sensitivity · acuity
Hearing disorder specialist
- audiogramHearing ability chart
- hearing testAuditory acuity evaluation
- hearing aidEar-worn sound amplifier
- cochlear implantImplanted auditory nerve stimulator
otolaryngology · otology · audiometry · otoscope · sound booth · speech therapy · amplification
cochlea
Spiral hearing organ
- temporal lobeBrain section for hearing
- ossiclesMinute skeletal structures
- malleusHammer-shaped hearing bone
incus · stapes · eardrum · pinna · auricle · earlobe · middle ear · inner ear · eustachian tube · vestibular
frequency
Rate of recurrence
tone · volume · resonance · timbre · waveform · harmonics · echo · reverberation · vibration · loudness
hearing
Perceiving sound waves
- listeningAttending to sound
- audibilityCapacity to be heard
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
recognition · attention · awareness · perception · psychoacoustics · masking · threshold · sensitivity · acuity · binaural
audiologist
Hearing disorder specialist
- audiogramHearing ability chart
- hearing testAuditory acuity evaluation
- hearing aidEar-worn sound amplifier
cochlear implant · otolaryngology · otology · audiometry · otoscope · sound booth · speech therapy · amplification
hearing loss
Reduced ability to perceive sound
- body systems
- sensessight, smell, taste, hearing, touch
- hearing anatomycochlea, ear, eardrum, inner ear, middle ear
- hearing healthhearing loss, hearing test, hearing tests, hearing aids, hearing aid
- earsearlobe, ear, ears, eardrum, ear canal
- soundscapessoundscape, soundscapes, ambient noise, nature sounds, ambient sound
auditory systemvisual system
Organs enabling perception of light
vestibular system · sight · touch · vision · eyes
system, audible, audition, audio, auditorium, inaudible, auditory, audiovisual, audiophile