auditory sensation

Also found in: Thesaurus.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

auditory sensation - the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"

aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression - an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch"

euphony, music - any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes"

music - (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)

pure tone, tone - a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"

dissonance, noise, racket - the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"

dub - the new sounds added by dubbing

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

Friday's alert called for people to look for symptoms including "dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, fatigue, cognitive issues, visual problems, ear complaints and hearing loss, and difficulty sleeping." It urged them "not to attempt to locate the source of any unidentified auditory sensation. Instead, move to a different location."

US Embassy In China Issues Warning Over Health Problems

Subjective tinnitus is a phantom auditory sensation without any external sound source [18-20].

Manipulation of Auditory Inputs as Rehabilitation Therapy for Maladaptive Auditory Cortical Reorganization

Those who wish to celebrate the Earth Hour with heightened auditory sensation of music had the Jazz in the Dark waiting.

Doha switches off lights to observe Earth Hour

Giles, according to Huang, changes the tactile sensation of temperature into an auditory sensation. Giles, for example, translates "the empty house feels cold and lonesome" (xu fang leng er ji mo:[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.]) into "No footfalls echo on the floor.