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auditory system

n. the sensory system for hearing

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Auditory system

The auditory system is the sensory system for the sense of hearing. It includes both the sensory organs (the ears) and the auditory parts of the sensory system.

Usage examples of "auditory system".

An input from the auditory system alone would not normally be sufficient to cause the cortical neuron to respond by firing.

These creatures are completely devoid of the mechanism of an auditory system.

Even with his boosted auditory system Dengar could not have overheard Kritkeen's conversations.

Alvec's voice came over the auditory system from the engineering spaces.

Abominable, he thought, how inefficient the human auditory system is at localizing a sound.

How would you like a feedback loop in your auditory system so that you heard everything twice with a half-second delay?

Learning to use Anthropos' auditory system would not be too difficult.

Xris couldn't believe he'd heard correctly, thought his auditory system might have shorted out.

Their auditory system is so highly developed that it would be very disturbing to have their clicks and whistles bouncing off a smooth surface.