Skip to main content
auditory perception

auditory perception

1 4.5
The ability to hear and understand sounds
  • noun
  • /ɔːˈdɪtəri pərˈsɛpʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : percepción auditiva
  • CHL may experience greater declines in the presence of background noise than CNH due to their already atypical auditory perception.

it's not just visual. There may also be auditory perception. There might be certain noises coming from somewhere.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • it's not just visual. There may also be auditory perception. There might be certain noises coming from somewhere.

  • So it's the image, the brain, of course, areas of the brain that are associated with auditory perception are active, not surprisingly.

  • Purpose: Auditory perception of vowels in background noise is enhanced when combined with visually perceived speech features.

    Academic text (2012)
  • There are several approaches to the investigation of auditory perception via the temporal parameter.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In all conditions, the auditory perception deteriorates with increasing noise level, which is reflected by upward slopes.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Labyrinthectomy was recommended, but the patient was hesitant to sacrifice the slight degree of auditory perception that remained in her right ear.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Sixty-five additional measures of child development were administered at one or more time periods, including speech sound production, reading, spelling, language, auditory perception, visual perception, personality, intelligence, motor skills, and family structure.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Templin (1968) assigned each measure to one of 10 constructs: speech sound production, speech intelligibility and attitudes, reading, spelling, language, auditory perception, visual perception, personality, intelligence, and motor skills.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The teacher explained that auditory perception is essential for understanding spoken language.

  • Children develop their auditory perception by listening to various sounds around them.

Synonyms

hearing
vsauditory perception
192 1.0

The ability to notice sounds

focuses on recognizing and interpreting sounds as meaningful information
sense of hearing
vsauditory perception
2 2.3

The ability to hear sounds

highlights interpreting sounds as meaningful information rather than sensing
auditory sense
vsauditory perception
  • Specialized
1 3.7

To hear sounds with your ears

emphasizes interpretation and meaning beyond mere detection
sound perception
vsauditory perception
  • Specialized
5.6

The ability to hear and understand sounds around you

has identical meaning but uses different wording

How Accurate

auditory perception
  • Specialized
1 4.5
misperception
12 6.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

auditory + perception

The meaning 'the process of recognizing and interpreting sounds' is transparently built from 'auditory' (related to hearing) + 'perception' (the act of sensing or interpreting). This adjective+noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

The term auditory perception combines auditory ('to hear') and perception ('to notice or understand') to give a clear picture: sounds enter the ear and the mind makes sense of them. So, auditory perception means 'recognizing and interpreting sounds'.