(a.) Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear.
(n.) An assembly of hearers; an audience.
(n.) An auditorium.
Example Sentences:
(1) The effects of sessions, individual characteristics, group behavior, sedative medications, and pharmacological anticipation, on simple visual and auditory reaction time were evaluated with a randomized block design.
(2) Enhanced sensitivity to ITDs should translate to better-defined azimuthal receptive fields, and therefore may be a step toward achieving an optimal representation of azimuth within the auditory pathway.
(3) The examination of the standard waves' amplitude and latency of the brain stem auditory evoked response (BAEP) was performed in 20 guinea pigs (males and females, weighing 250 to 300 g).
(4) Our experience shows that the most accurate indications are provided by acoustic stapedius reflex, brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) and vestibular investigation.
(5) Only one part of the theory of Alajouanine and colleagues has been confirmed by our experiments for our results have shown that there is a very close correlation between semantic paraphasias and disorders of semantic differentiation whilst no correlation can be found between phonemic paraphasias and disturbances in auditory phonemic discrimination.
(6) II, the visual and auditory stimuli were exposed conversely over the habituation- (either stimulus) and the test-periods (both stimuli).
(7) A new theory for the peculiar site selection of cholesteatomas of the external auditory canal is postulated.
(8) The observed staining indicated that the epithelium of the external auditory meatus has a pattern of keratin expression typical of epidermis in general and the epithelium of the middle ear resembles simple columnar epithelia.
(9) Among the epileptic patients investigated by the stereotactic E. E. G. (Talairach) whose electrodes were introduced at or around the auditory cortex (Area 41, 42), the topography of the auditory responses by the electrical bipolar stimulation and that of the auditory evoked potential by the bilateral click sound stimulation were studied in relation to the ac--pc line (Talairach).
(10) Results of this sort are reminiscent of several related findings that have been attributed to auditory adaptation or enhancement, or to a temporally developing critical-band filter.
(11) Sleep was defined behaviorally as failure to respond to the faint auditory RT cue.
(12) This variability, coupled with the lack of extreme specificity in the secondary auditory cortex, suggests that secondary cortical neurons are not well suited for the role of "vocalization detectors."
(13) Between-group responsivity differences suggest developmental retardation in term (38-42 weeks) SGA newborns, but the faster SGA latencies may reflect 'induced' acceleration in auditory neurophysiologic function.
(14) These results indicate that auditory localization behavior of infants is influenced by reinforcement and that the extent of this effect is related to the type of reinforcement employed.
(15) The results obtained were compared with the data of electron microscopic study of the inferior geniculate body, as they are subcortical formations belonging to the same auditory system but differentiating in their functions.
(16) The extent to which auditory and visual channel part-score means differ typically was studied by reference to the performance of 962 average children in the normative sample of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities.
(17) We use this procedure to assess the excitability of the auditory nerve, the patency of the cochlea and to detect undesirable side effects of electrical stimulation, such as facial nerve activation.
(18) The functional properties of the auditory projections to the somatosensory zones S2 and S were studied by recording evoked potentials in anesthetized and vigil unrestrained cats.
(19) Auditory sensory perception was operationalized as number of tones heard on audiometric examination.
(20) Tests included recording the scalp EEG, visual and auditory cerebral evoked-potentials, the CNV, cerebral slow potentials related to certainty of response correctness in auditory discrimination tasks, heart rate, respiration and the galvanic skin response.
Undertone
Definition:
(n.) A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.
Example Sentences:
(1) Donald Trump is fairly progressive about gay people but when you look at Mike Pence and the Republican party, the religious undertone threatens to roll back the tide of progress.
(2) When Johnson or Congressman Earl Blumenauer – who is pushing for extension and reform of the Siv programs – talk about the situation, their articulate exhortations carry undertones of angst.
(3) You see from those films, there’s a real sexual undertone of menace.
(4) Moir, who has won a British Press Award, made a statement defending her column late on Friday, saying it was not her intention to offend, blaming a "heavily orchestrated internet campaign" for the furore and adding that it was "mischievous in the extreme to suggest that my article has homophobic and bigoted undertones".
(5) In a world striving for equal rights, where the female still carries the burden of temporary contraception, the simplicity and popularity of vasectomy for permanent contraception add the desired undertones of social equilibrium.
(6) But Revolution, performed at the Regency in San Francisco in a church-like venue that evoked the Moscow cathedral, had repeated dark undertones.
(7) "There's an undertone of bad politics and corruption.
(8) Aside from such stirring political undertones, dramatic battles will be waged across the 82-award field.
(9) There are moments of comedy, but there are some unsettling undertones if you choose to look for them.
(10) Words matter and remembering that we were all once strangers in a strange land and that the US is made better in every generation by the arrival of New Americans is central to my campaign.” The Republican party is making a safe space for really racist undertones against undocumented immigrants Professor Jose Luis Benavides Vargas wants candidates to understand that their words matter – even more so in a campaign cycle so far dominated by the bombast of a billionaire businessman who began his campaign by describing Mexican immigrants as “rapists” who are “bringing crime”.
(11) But his anti-American undertone alienated Germany and the US from each other – and his rigorous refusal didn't help unify the European countries either.
(12) Even when Kerry speaks triumphantly, there is a defensive undertone, as if to anticipate and deflect the criticisms that decades in public life have taught him are headed his way.
(13) Adam Goodes has my full support and the full support of the AFL.” The booing Goodes receives from opposition fans has been the subject of much debate with his term as Australian of the year, the way he plays the game and racial undertones all put forward as reasons for the adverse reaction.
(14) The note of personal disillusion persists, as so often in Imlah, as an undertone rather than a subject.
(15) Lewis Jetta ... clearly believes this to be racist, and it obviously has a racist [undertone].
(16) But if Bisping's outlook seems relentlessly positive at times, there is also an undeniable undertone of vulnerability.
(17) National anthems: We all know them by now and Uruguay's remains more lovable - a sprightly number with menacing undertones.
(18) Now, obviously there is a question about what sort of evidence there is to back up claims that persistent technology use is detrimental to our lives, but it’s often intrigued me that we don’t really consider the undertone to the use of the word ‘zombie’.
(19) Realistically, for us to say there wasn’t some racial undertone would be frankly just untruthful.” Crawford also said that the 911 call about his son, which led to the shooting, would probably not have been made if a white man had been walking around the store with the BB rifle.
(20) First of all biological psychiatry, based on the methods of the natural sciences, has been the subject of denunciation and underevaluation with deep emotional undertones.