What's the difference between hearer and shearer?

Hearer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who hears; an auditor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They provide reassuring information about voices, suggest coping strategies, organize peer-support groups for young voice hearers, and emphasize hopeful messages, including the fact that a lot of people hear voices and lead happy, fulfilling lives.
  • (2) The normal hearers were tested in 4-, 8-, and 16-directions, and the hearing-impaired patients were tested in only 8-directions.
  • (3) Two views of bilingualism are presented--the monolingual or fractional view which holds that the bilingual is (or should be) two monolinguals in one person, and the bilingual or wholistic view which states that the coexistence of two languages in the bilingual has produced a unique and specific speaker-hearer.
  • (4) Noise levels ranging from 35 to 110 dB SPL were presented to 8 normal hearers.
  • (5) This suggests that HFA either send random intonation signals to hearers or else demonstrate systematic misuse of the linguistic system.
  • (6) Ohala (1974, 1981a) has proposed that sound changes can originate in hearers' misinterpretations of synchronic phonetic patterns.
  • (7) The present investigation examined psychophysically the frequency-specific and nonlinear attenuation of sound energy provided by middle ear muscle contraction in normal hearers.
  • (8) They then indicated exactly what they would say in each situation and what their perceptions of the request size, the hearer's power, and the closeness of their relationship with the hearer were.
  • (9) All passages are of equal intelligibility for the average normal hearer.
  • (10) Initially, performance-intensity functions were obtained for both normal hearers, and those with high frequency sensorineural hearing loss.
  • (11) In the present study, speech-recognition performance was measured in four hearing-impaired subjects and twelve normal hearers.
  • (12) The question addressed in this study is whether normal hearers with a hearing loss simulated through a shaped masking noise demonstrate speech-recognition difficulties similar to those of listeners with actual hearing impairment.
  • (13) The conservation is segmented into single utterances (units of analysis) within which so called speaker-relevant control signs (tags, questions, speech pauses) as well as listener-relevant control signs (hearer signals) are defined and localized.
  • (14) Brain-stem auditory evoked responses (BAERs) were recorded both to rarefaction and condensation click stimuli in 92 normal hearers and 78 patients with varying degrees of cochlear hearing loss (N = 340 ears).
  • (15) Thresholds were measured under earphones and in two sound fields for 6-11 normal hearers at six test frequencies.
  • (16) Normal Hearers The rate of correct answers decreased with increasing directions of sound.
  • (17) Difference tone levels were estimated in four normal hearers using a 2AFC adaptive temporal gap-masking paradigm.
  • (18) The over-hearer was a private citizen – Tom Matzzie, an entrepreneur who previously worked for MoveOn.org and John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign.
  • (19) Audio versions of the test have been developed for use with normal hearers (CST version 1), and for hearing-impaired listeners (CST version 2).
  • (20) For experiment II, normal hearers listened to consonant-nucleus-consonant monosyllables filtered to match the mean audiometric configuration of the noise-exposed subjects in experiment I.

Shearer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who shears.
  • (n.) A reaper.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Harry Kane laughs off one-season wonder tag after Alan Shearer pep talk Read more “He is a great role model.
  • (2) Shearer has long been expected to take the reins at St James' Park at some point but it is something of a surprise that he has chosen to do so amid such turbulence and uncertainty over the club's future.
  • (3) Everything happens for Alan Shearer - he's a lucky lad like that.
  • (4) During the last years of her life, Shearer wrote book reviews (not just of dance books) for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, which were immensely readable though not celebrated for their generosity towards authors.
  • (5) It had little effect on GvHR-induced splenomegaly observed 2 weeks after the inoculation, but significantly delayed the subsidence of splenomegaly as revealed 8 weeks later, suggesting that suppression of CTL converts immunosuppressive GvHR to immunostimulative one as reported by G. M. Shearer.
  • (6) • Alan Shearer is part of the BBC's World Cup lineup.
  • (7) Matt Le Tissier Alan Shearer Ian Wright Andy Cole Cole scored 34 goals for newly promoted Newcastle United, helping them earn an impressive third-place finish.
  • (8) Shearer's appointment has been greeted with almost unanimous praise on Tyneside , but, with the club sitting precariously in the bottom three of the Premier League and a tricky fixture list to end the season, he could become the first manager to guide Newcastle to relegation since Jim Smith did so in 1988-89.
  • (9) It reminds me of that time Alan Shearer tried to “push” Neil Lennon’s head away with his foot.
  • (10) As part of a special launch event, Newcastle are planning to raise funds for the Alan Shearer Foundation, courtesy of a special charity auction of exclusive items to benefit the charity's work in supporting children, adults and families with disability across the north-east.
  • (11) "I'm staggered just like the rest of Newcastle fans," Shearer told BBC Five Live: "I am surprised at how quickly it came along and it's an astonishing amount for a young guy with huge potential.
  • (12) Dennis Bergkamp, Michael Owen and Alan Shearer Dion Dublin, Michael Owen and Chris Sutton They scored 18 goals for their clubs, but none of them won the league.
  • (13) Alan Shearer, Phil Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Lineker, Thierry Henry, Gabby Logan, Alan Hansen.
  • (14) Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dion Dublin and Michael Owen Chris Sutton, Dennis Bergkamp and Alan Shearer Who were the joint top scorers in the 1998-99 season?
  • (15) Rooney’s 187th Premier League goal, a tally bettered only by Alan Shearer, came when he breached the offside trap.
  • (16) 7-0 was mentioned by Redknapp, a hat trick for Messi from Hansen and Shearer was almost overcome in his reverence for Messi's abilities.
  • (17) My criticism yesterday was aimed at fair-weather supporters however the fever also seemed to have gripped so called experts like Lawrenson, Hansen, Shearer and Keegan.
  • (18) As Tony Shearer, boss of Abbey Protection, boldly remarked on Monday's BBC Newsnight, a normal person should regard being offered "an incentive bonus" as an insult.
  • (19) Alan Shearer is to take over as Newcastle United's manager until the end of the season in a sensational move which will see the club's former captain, who has no coaching experience, charged with the task of avoiding relegation.
  • (20) He was part of the side that won the title in 1992 and he went on to captain Everton and then joined Newcastle for six seasons where he played alongside Alan Shearer.

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