WordNet
n. the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired" [syn: hearing, audition, auditory sense, auditory modality]
Usage examples of "sense of hearing".
In the silence, his hyperacute sense of hearing picked up a very faint scratching: colonies of silverfish, gorging their way through an endless supply of pulp.
Most of the people in the world drank a lot less than McGovern and their sense of hearing was far superior, yet they went through life never really understanding, never really listening to anybody anyway.
Granite was a formidable warrior with a sense of hearing only marginally less sharp than his blade.
Unlike the Krai and to a lesser extent the di'Taykan, Humans relied a lot more on their sense of hearing than on their sense of smell, and silence was a warning more often than not.
Not in the sense of hearing alien voices, which was a marker for schizophrenia, but in the classical sense of visions.
The vampire waited until his exquisitely sharp sense of hearing picked up the sound of steady breathing.
His preternaturally alert sense of hearing brought to his senses the presence of something belowground, something 'that moved and thumped, moved and thumped.
His sense of hearing had been quickened by a lifetime of identifying the smallest sounds of the world.