auditory sensation

6.8

A sound you notice with your hearing

noun
/ɔːˈdɪtəri sɛnˈseɪʃən/

Specialized

: sensación auditiva

The auditory sensation of waves crashing on the shore was calming.

I had this pulsing wow, wow, wow, like very vivid auditory sensation.

Examples

To musicians, Pitch is that attribute of the sensation, auditory sensation in terms of which sounds can be ordered on a musical scale.
(n3) Simmons et al. in 1964 observed that stimulation of the inferior colliculus "... failed to produce any auditory sensation whatsoever." 4

Academic text (1998)
He experienced a sharp auditory sensation when the fire alarm went off.
During the concert, the auditory sensation of the orchestra filled the hall.

Synonyms

sound

vsauditory sensation

∞ 1.0

A noise you can hear

is the private experience of hearing inside a listener rather than an external event

How Loud

deafening

9 3.5

loud

733 1.0

auditory sensation

Specialized

6.8

faintness

1 5.5

soundlessness

1 7.3

Surface Forms

auditory sensation singular

auditory sensations plural

Morphology

auditory + sensation

The meaning 'the subjective experience of hearing' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'auditory' (connected with hearing) and 'sensation' (a feeling). This simple adjective + noun composition follows standard compositional semantics and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand the MWE.

Etymology

Auditory sensation joins auditory, meaning 'relating to hearing', and sensation, meaning 'a feeling', so imagine a sound you can almost feel in your ear; that's why it means 'the experience of hearing a sound'.