1. Pertaining to hearing, to the sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing.
2. Auditory hallucinations.
3. An assembly of hearers; an audience.
4. An auditorium; especially, the nave of a church.

1. Impairment in the understanding of auditory language and communication.

Sounds are heard but they convey no meaning.

2. An impairment in comprehension of the auditory forms of language and communication, including the ability to write from dictation in the presence of normal hearing.

Spontaneous speech, reading, and writing are not affected.

The numerous body organs and structures consisting of the organ of hearing; especially, the various parts of the ear.

The ability to adapt to changes in sound, as evidenced by changes in the auditory threshold resulting from exposure to sound.

Epileptic aura (phenomenon perceived only by the patient) characterized by illusions or hallucinations of sound.

Abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of a sensory neural mechanism.

The partial loss of hearing.

A mechanical factor that determines the amount of sound energy that is absorbed or reflected at the eardrum; related to the loss of transmission of sounds to the middle ear and the cochlea (part of the inner ear that converts mechanical energy, or vibrations, into nerve impulses sent to the brain).

The eighth cranial nerve, or vestibulocochlear nerve (relating to the vestibule and the cochlea of the ear), which innervates the ear and carries impulses relating to both sound stimuli and balance to the brain.

An auditory sensation that occurs when another sense is stimulated.

A noise induced hearing loss resulting from a brief exposure to an intense sound which is not considered to be the same as noise-induced hearing loss of workers who are exposed to a continuous noise in their occupations: "An auditory trauma may have happened to someone at an early age or just before the onset of tinnitus."