Definition of Sense of hearing

1. Noun. The ability to hear; the auditory faculty. "His hearing was impaired"

Exact synonyms: Audition, Auditory Modality, Auditory Sense, Hearing
Examples of category: Auditory System
Generic synonyms: Modality, Sense Modality, Sensory System, Exteroception
Specialized synonyms: Ear, Absolute Pitch, Perfect Pitch
Derivative terms: Hear

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sense Of Hearing

sensationally
sensationless
sensations
sense
sense amplifier
sense amplifiers
sense datum
sense experience
sense impression
sense modality
sense of balance
sense of craft
sense of direction
sense of duty
sense of equilibrium
sense of hearing (current term)
sense of humor
sense of humour
sense of identity
sense of movement
sense of purpose
sense of responsibility
sense of right and wrong
sense of shame
sense of smell
sense of taste
sense of the meeting
sense of touch
sense organ
sense organs

Literary usage of Sense of hearing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(h) Anomalies of Sense of Hearing More general anomalies of the sense of hearing are included under the terms ..."

2. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"... that the frequency of the vibration has given rise to waves which are either too short or too long to affect the sense of hearing of the individual. ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1856)
"The semicircular canals are evidently intended to perfect the sense of hearing or sound, as executed in its most complete manifestations, in the higher ..."

4. Elements of Mental Philosophy by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1845)
"THE sense of hearing. denominations of taste. Or, in other words, ... Organ of the sense of hearing. FOLLOWING the order which has been proposed, ..."

5. Elements of Mental Philosophy: Abridged and Designed as a Text-book for by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1848)
"THE sense of hearing. $ 23. Organ of the sense of hearing. FOLLOWING the order which has been proposed, we are next to consider the sense of HEARING. ..."

6. Elements of Mental Philosophy: Abridged and Designed as a Text-book for by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1852)
"THE sense of hearing. $ 23. Organ of the sense of hearing. FOLLOWING the order which has been proposed, we are next to consider the sense of HEARING. ..."

7. Elements of Mental Philosophy: Abridged and Designed as a Text-book for by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1854)
"THE sense of hearing. $ 23. Organ of the sense of hearing. FOLLOWING the order which has been proposed, we arc next to consider the sense of HEARING. ..."

8. Elements of Mental Philosophy: Abridged and Designed as a Text-book for by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1843)
"THE sense of hearing. $ 23. Organ of the sense of hearing. FOLLOWING the order which has been proposed, we are next to consider the sense of HEARING. ..."

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