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auditory center

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Noun1.auditory center - the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve
nerve center, nerve centre, center, centre - a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"


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When sound waves reach them, the cells' hairlike projections sway with the vibrations and transmit electrical signals to the brain's auditory center.
Hearing repaired: gene therapy restores guinea pigs' hearing by Brownlee, C. / Science News
This activity is processed extensively in subcortical auditory centers before it reaches the cerebral cortex, where the actual perception of sound takes place.
The relationship of tinnitus, hyperacusis, and hearing loss by Chen, Kejian / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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