Psychiatry and Psychology

Hearing

The ability or act of sensing and transducing ACOUSTIC STIMULATION to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. It is also called audition.

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Abstract

The ability or act of sensing and transducing ACOUSTIC STIMULATION to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. It is also called audition.

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1 entry terms
  • Audition

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5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

differentiate from AUDITORY PERCEPTION: auditory perception takes place in the brain, hearing takes place in the ear; PSYCHOACOUSTICS is also available; AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION is available

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  1. F02w.830w.816w.263w
  2. G07.888.500w
  3. G11.561.790w.263w

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WV 268

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hearing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006309. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006309
  2. Hearing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing
  3. Hearing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160289