AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIAL
a naturally produced electrical response to sound in the body. There are many types of auditory evoked potentials, but each…
AUDITORY FATIGUE
a relatively transient form of hearing loss, that is usually caused by exposure to a loud noise. It is marked…
AUDITORY FEEDBACK
hearing the sound of one's own voice while one is speaking, which oftentimes enables adjustments in intensity, pacing, or the…
AUDITORY FILTER
the process responsible for the frequency and selectivity of the auditory system. Filters begin auditory processing in that some of…
AUDITORY FLICKER
refers to sound presented as discrete units (with gaps) rather than as continuous noise. Fusion occurs when, despite the gaps,…
AUDITORY HALLUCINATION
the perception of sound in the absence of any kind of auditory stimulus. Hallucinations may, for example, be accusatory or…
AUDITORY LABYRINTH
the canals, ducts, and cavities in the temporal bone of the skull that contains sensory receptors for hearing. The cochlea…
AUDITORY LOCALIZATION
the ability to identify both the position and changes in position of sound sources based on solely acoustic information. For…
AUDITORY MASKING
a reduction in the ability to detect, discriminate, or recognize a specific sound (the signal or target) due to interferences…
AUDITORY MEMORY
the type of memory that retains information obtained by hearing and the ears. Auditory memory may represent either short-term memory…
AUDITORY MEMORY SPAN
the number of simple items, like numbers, for example, that can be repeated in sequence by a person after only…
AUDITORY NERVE
the portion of the eighth cranial nerve (see vestibulocochlear nerve) that deals exclusively with the sense of hearing. The nerve…
AUDITORY PATHWAYS
the auditory-specific neural structures that convey auditory information from the cochlear hair cells to the auditory cortex (the ascending pathway)…
AUDITORY PERCEPTION
the ability to interpret and organize sensory information received through the auditory system.
AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS
a series of language and cognition disorders associated with lesions in various parts of the brain. Lesions may affect hearing…
AUDITORY SENSATION UNIT
refers to the just noticeable difference in sound intensity. See also difference threshold.
AUDITORY SKILLS
any or all skills related to hearing, including: auditory discrimination, auditory attention, and auditory memory. Also known as auditory processes-…
AUDITORY SPACE PERCEPTION
refers to the perceiver's perception of the direction and distance of a sound source. See also auditory localization.