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51Auditory scene analysis — In psychophysics, auditory scene analysis (ASA) is the process by which the human auditory system organizes sound into perceptually meaningful elements. The term was coined by psychologist Albert Bregman.Bregman, A. S. (1990) Auditory scene… …
52auditory illusion — The term auditory illusion is used in a general sense to denote a misrepresentation or misinterpretation of auditory stimuli. Some common examples are words that are misunderstood, figments, and nonverbal sounds such as the humming of a… …
53Auditory imagery — In psychology and neuropsychology, auditory imagery is the subjective experience of hearing in the absence of auditory stimulation. It occurs when one mentally rehearses telephone numbers, or has a song on the brain : the phenomenon is usually… …
54auditory verbal hallucination — (AVH) Also known as verbal auditory hallucination, voice hallucination, *phoneme, hallucinated speech, and voices . The term auditory verbal hallucination (AVH) is often used as a synonym for verbal auditory hallucination (VAH), both terms… …
55auditory aura — A term used to denote a type of aura that manifests itself in the form of isolated auditory hallucinations or illusions. When an auditory hallucination or illusion occurs in conjunction with hallucinations in other sensory modalities, or with… …
56auditory nerve — noun a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea • Syn: ↑acoustic nerve, ↑vestibulocochlear nerve, ↑nervus vestibulocochlearis, ↑eighth cranial nerve • Hypernyms: ↑cranial nerve …
57Auditory brainstem implant — An Auditory Brain Stem Implant (ABI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf, due to sensorineural hearing impairment (due to illness or injury damaging the cochlea or auditory …
58auditory deafness — A term introduced in or shortly before 1995 by the American psychologists Arien Mack (b. 1931) and Irvin Rock (1922 1995). The term auditory deafness is used to denote a complete failure to consciously perceive an above threshold auditory… …
59auditory pareidolia — Also known as Rorschach audio and auditory peripheric hallucination. The term auditory pareidolia is indebted to the Greek words para (next to, in addition, beside) and eidos (image, appearance, looks). The eponym Rorschach audio refers to the …
60auditory meatus — noun either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane • Syn: ↑acoustic meatus, ↑ear canal, ↑auditory canal, ↑external auditory canal • Hypernyms: ↑meatus • Part Holonyms: ↑ …
