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Audiovisual Speech perception refers to a perception of Speech that is affected by both auditory and visual stimulation, as when a person sees a tape of someone saying /ga/ with the

Audition refers to the sensation of hearing; the process of hearing.

In the psychology context, "auditory" refers to anything related to the sense of hearing. This includes the processes of hearing, the perception of sounds, and how the brain interprets these sounds. Auditory perception is a complex process that begins with sound waves entering the ear and being converted into neural signals by the cochlea in the inner ear. These signals are then transmitted to the auditory cortex of the brain, where they are processed and interpreted.

Auditory acuity refers to the ability to recognize sounds of varying pitch and loudness.

Auditory canal refers to the canal through which air vibrations travel from the environment to the tympanic membrane.

Auditory Discrimination refers to the difficulty in perceiving differences between speech sounds and sequencing these sounds into meaningful words, which affects Reading and spoken language.

Auditory figure-ground refers to the ability to attend to one sound against a background of sound (e.g., hearing the teacher's voice against classroom noise).

Auditory hair cell refers to the sensory neuron of the auditory system; located on the basilar membrane.