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Audience inhibition means failure to help infront of others for fear of feeling like a fool if one’s offer of help is rejected

Audiologist refers to a professional who specializes in the identification, testing, habilitation and rehabilitation of hearing loss and hearing related disorders .

Audiovisual mirror neuron refers to a neuron that responds to actions that produce sounds. These neurons respond when a monkey performs a hand action and when it hears the sound assoc

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.