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auditory system

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Noun1.auditory system - the sensory system for hearing
auditory apparatus - all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears
ear - the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, eighth cranial nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, vestibulocochlear nerve - a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea
sensory system - the body's system of sense organs
audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, sense of hearing, hearing - the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
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We conducted a study of the effects of mobile cellular telephone microwave radiation on the auditory system in 20 healthy men.
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This passion is reflected in their innovative approaches to solving new puzzles of the auditory system and related systems.
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According to Pisa geneticist Giada Frenzilli, loud sound sensed by the auditory system can trigger a surge in blood concentrations of the hormone norepinephrine, which stimulates heart cells to absorb too much calcium.
Noise may cause gene damage in heart. (Rackets and radicals) by Harder, B. / Science News
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