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Deutsch: Hörnerv / Español: Nervio auditivo / Português: Nervo auditivo / Français: Nerf auditif / Italiano: Nervo uditivo

In the psychology context, the auditory nerve, also known as the cochlear nerve or acoustic nerve, plays a crucial role in the process of hearing and auditory perception. It is a bundle of nerve fibers that transmits auditory sensory information from the cochlea of the inner ear to the brain. The auditory nerve carries electrical signals generated by the cochlea in response to sound vibrations. These signals are then processed by various parts of the brain, leading to the perception of sound.

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Auditory oddball task refers to a monitoring task in which the observer counts the less frequent of two (2) distinct auditory stimuli

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Auditory receiving area refers to the area of the cortex, located in the temporal lobe, that is the primary receiving area for hearing.

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Auditory response area refers to the psychophysically measured area that defines the frequencies and sound pressure levels over which hearing functions. This area extends between the audibility curve and the curve for the threshold of feeling.

Auditory scene refers to the sound environment, which includes the locations and qualities of individual sound sources.

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Auditory scene analysis refers to the process by which listeners sort superimposed vibrations into separate sounds. See also Principles of Auditory grouping

Auditory space is the perception of where sounds are located in space. Auditory space extends around a listener ’s head in all directions, existing wherever there is a sound.

Auditory stream segregation refers to the effect that occurs when a series of tones that differ in pitch or timbre are played so that the tones become perceptually separated into simultaneously occurring independent streams of sound.