sense of hearing

  • 1sense of hearing — noun the ability to hear; the auditory faculty his hearing was impaired • Syn: ↑hearing, ↑audition, ↑auditory sense, ↑auditory modality • Derivationally related forms: ↑hear ( …

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  • 2sense of hearing — perception of hearing, faculty that receives impressions through the ears …

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  • 3hearing-impaired — adj. having a hearing impairment making hearing difficult; having a defective but functioning sense of hearing. Syn: hard of hearing. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …

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  • 4hearing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sense of hearing Nouns 1. hearing, sense of hearing; audition, auscultation; eavesdropping, audibility; acute ear, etc.; ear for music, perfect or absolute pitch; otology, audiology; audiometer;… …

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  • 5sense — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sight, hearing, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, developed, good, keen ▪ Raccoons have a highly developed sense of touch. ▪ poor ▪ …

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  • 6Hearing (person) — The term hearing or hearing person , from the perspective of mainstream English language culture, refers to someone whose sense of hearing is at the medical norm. From this point of view, someone who is not fully hearing has a hearing impairment… …

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  • 7sense — sense1 W1S1 [sens] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: sens, from Latin sensus, from sentire to feel ] 1.) a feeling about something sense of ▪ Afterwards I felt a great sense of relief. ▪ She has a strong sense of loyalty …

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  • 8sense modality — noun a particular sense • Syn: ↑modality, ↑sensory system • Hypernyms: ↑sense, ↑sensation, ↑sentience, ↑sentiency, ↑sensory faculty …

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  • 9Hearing test — A hearing test is an evaluation of the sensitivity of a person s sense of hearing, most often performed by an audiologist using an audiometer. Audiologists are the only health professionals with extensive training on the anatomy and physiology of …

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  • 10hearing — noun 1) the wolf s acute hearing Syn: ability to hear, auditory perception, sense of hearing, aural faculty 2) she moved out of hearing Syn: earshot, hearing distance, hearing range, auditory range 3) I had a fair hearing …

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