biaural

8.6

Hearing with both ears to judge where sounds come from

adjective
/baɪˈɔrəl/

Specialized

: biaural

The patient's biaural ability was tested using sound delivered separately to each ear.

Examples

Some headphones are designed specifically for biaural sound reproduction.
Bats rely on biaural hearing to locate prey in complete darkness.
The biaural experience enhances sound quality.
He prefers biaural audio for his music.
Bats rely on biaural hearing to locate prey in complete darkness.
The patient's biaural ability was tested using sound delivered separately to each ear.
Some headphones are designed specifically for biaural sound reproduction.

Synonyms

stereophonic

vsbiaural

Specialized

2 6.8

Sound from two or more speakers that seems to come from different directions

focuses on actual hearing with both ears rather than reproduction methods

binaural

vsbiaural

Specialized

1 7.4

Using both ears to hear sound, often with headphones

has identical meaning but is a variant spelling or usage form

two-channel

vsbiaural

Specialized

1 5.0

Two separate sound channels that send sound to left and right speakers

describes hearing that uses both ears rather than the device channel count

stereo

vsbiaural

3.9

Sound made or played with two channels so it comes from different directions

concerns hearing with two ears rather than multi-channel reproduction techniques

Surface Forms

biaural positive

Morphology

biaural = aural (transparent) = bi + aural

Formed by productive prefix 'bi-' (two) attached to the adjective 'aural' (relating to the ear), yielding the expected meaning 'involving both ears'.

Etymology

The word biaural comes from bi- meaning 'two', as in bicycle, and aural meaning 'of the ear'. So biaural means hearing with 'both ears'.