AUDIOGYRAL ILLUSION
the apparent movement of a stationary source of sound when the listener is rotated in some unnatural direction.
AUDIOMETER
n. an electronic device used to measure auditory sensitivity, usually in medical or clinical settings. Its primary use is to…
AUDIOMETRIC ZERO
refers to the level of a pure tone of a given frequency that is minimally detectable by a person with…
AUDIOMETRY
the measurement of an individual's hearing ability with electronic audiometers for the purposes of diagnosing and analyzing hearing loss. Audiometry…
AUDIOTACTILE DEVICE
an assistive technology device consisting of a touch-sensitive pad and a speech synthesizer. Ultimately, the device generates a voice output…
AUDIOVERBAL AMNESIA
one type of auditory aphasia in which the individual may be able to retain and repeat certain single words presented…
AUDIOVISUAL TRAINING
instruction or training using audio aids, visual aids, or both. Examples of such include films, slides, filmstrips, videotapes, audiotapes, television,…
AUDITORY ABILITIES
refers to the abilities to encode and discriminate different sounds or tones. These abilities, according to some theories of intelligence…
AUDITORY ACUITY
the ability to detect and discriminate between different, sometimes similar-sounding sounds. For example, auditory frequency acuity is the ability to…
AUDITORY AMNESIA
refers to the permanent loss of the ability to comprehend sounds or speech. See also Wernicke
AUDITORY ATTRIBUTES
refers to any perceptual qualities of sound, including the loudness, pitch, and timbre.
AUDITORY BLENDING
the ability to synthesize the individual sounds (phonemes) of a word so that the whole word can be comprehended or…
AUDITORY CLOSURE
the ability to fill in parts of words that were omitted in an auditory presentation - this usually occurs in…
AUDITORY CONSONANT TRIGRAM (ACT)
a memory test in which a three-letter nonsense syllable, such as DCT, is presented verbally and the participant is asked…
AUDITORY CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST (ACPT)
a test that measures a person's ability to attend to auditory stimuli for an extended period. One such test comprises…
AUDITORY CORTEX
the sensory area for hearing, which is located in the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex. Also known as the…
AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION
refers to the ability to distinguish between heard sounds. Intensity discrimination, for example, is one branch of auditory discrimination, and…
AUDITORY DISPLAY
1. acoustic information that is generally presented via headphones. This often includes simulations of realistic listening situations. See also virtual…
AUDITORY DISTANCE PERCEPTION
the ability to assess the distance of the source of a sound, based solely on acoustic information. Humans are fairly…