hearing; audition

Introduction

The ability to perceive sound; the sensation of sound as opposed to vibration.

More general terms

• physiology
• sensation (sense, sensory)

More specific terms

• hearing loss (hearing impairment, hard of hearing, HOH)
• normal hearing; acusis

Additional terms

• age-associated changes in hearing
• hearing evaluation
• Hearing Handicap Inventory in the Elderly-Screening Version (HHIE-S)
• hearing loss (hearing impairment, hard of hearing, HOH)
• hearing threshold level
• noise
• sound
• vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)