dichotically

9.9

To play different sounds into each ear at the same time

adverb
/daɪˈkɒtɪkli/

Specialized

: dicotómicamente

The schizotypy scales correlated with high scores on the nonverbal portion of the creativity tests and with a left ear preference for dichotically presented verbal stimuli.

Examples

During the experiment, participants listened to two different voices dichotically, one in each ear, to test how they processed conflicting information.
The musician trained her brain to focus on the melody in one ear while ignoring the contrasting rhythm presented dichotically to the other ear.
He learned to appreciate music by listening to two contrasting genres dichotically, allowing him to hear the unique qualities of each style.

Synonyms

binaurally

vsdichotically

Specialized

1 8.0

In a way that uses both ears to hear sound

presents different signals separately to each ear at the same time

Surface Forms

dichotically positive

Morphology

dichotically = dichotic (semi-transparent) = dichot + ic + ally

The adverbial formation from the adjective 'dichotic' is regular, but the combining form 'dichot-' is a specialized/rare root and may be unfamiliar to average learners.

Etymology

Dichotically comes from Greek parts dicho- 'in two' and -tomy 'to cut', so it means something is split into two. Imagine splitting a sound in two and sending one half to each ear, which is exactly what dichotically describes when different sounds are played to each ear.