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sense of hearing

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sense of hearing - the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"

audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, hearing

auditory system - the sensory system for hearing

sense modality, sensory system, modality - a particular sense

exteroception - sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body

ear - good hearing; "he had a keen ear"; "a good ear for pitch"

absolute pitch, perfect pitch - the ability to identify the pitch of a tone

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absolute pitch
auditory modality
auditory sense

hearing
paracusis
perfect pitch

Having come to the apartment in which the three Mahars slept I entered silently on tiptoe, forgetting that the creatures were without the sense of hearing.

At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

or did Thomas's shoes creak, and was her sense of hearing unusually keen?

The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie View in context

There must be no halting; every one must be at his or her post; and woe betides them who hear not this morning summons to the field; for if they are not awakened by the sense of hearing, they are by the sense of feeling: no age nor sex finds any favor.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context

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