acous-, acou-, acouo-, acoustico-, acouto-, acousti-, -acousia, -acousis, -acoustical, acu-, -acusis-, -acusia +
(Greek: akoustikos, to hear, hearing, listening)
acusis
1. The ability to perceive sounds normally; normal hearing.
2. Hearing, used in combination to denote a specified kind of hearing, as in presbyacusis, hypoacusis, etc.
aeroacoustics
The study of sound transmission through the air, especially in terms of the effects of environmental noise from machinery, vehicles, aircraft, etc.
amblyacousia, amblyacusis
1. A loss of hearing.
2. Dullness of hearing.
anacousia, anacoustic
Unable to hear; deaf.
anacoustic
A situation in which sound cannot be transmitted.
anacusia, anakusia, anakusia
1. Total deafness.
2. Total loss or absence of the ability to perceive sound as such.
bioacoustics
1. The science dealing with the effects of sound fields or mechanical vibrations in living organisms.
2. The science dealing with the communicating sounds made by animals.
3. The study of the effects of sounds on living things.
bradyacusia
An abnormal dullness of hearing.
catacoustics
The science of reflected sounds.
diacoustics, diacoustic
A name for the science of refracted sounds.
diplacusis
1. Abnormal perception of sounds, either in time or pitch, so one sound is heard as two.
2. An auditory disorder in which a tone is heard as two tones differing slightly in pitch in the two ears.
dysacousia, dysacousis, dysacusia, dysacusis, dyacousma
1. Discomfort caused by loud noises.
2. Difficulty in hearing.
3. A disorder characterized by a distortion in the quality of the sounds being heard, as of musical notes.
It sometimes causes a sense of discomfort in the patient.
We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.
—Diogenes
If you don’t want your children to hear what you’re saying, pretend you’re talking to them.
—Anonymous
If there are any of you at the back who do not hear me, please don’t raise your hands because I am nearsighted.
—W.H. Auden (1907-73) British poet
[Isn’t that similar to saying, "If those of you in the back can’t hear me, raise your hands"?]
echoacousia, echoacusis
The subjective experience of hearing echoes after normally heard sounds.
electroacoustic locator; as in surgery
A device for locating foreign objects in the body by amplifying the sound made when the object is touched by a probe.
electroacoustics; as in acoustical engineering
The science, process, or practice of converting acoustic energy into electromagnetic energy or the reverse order.
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audio-;
ausculto-.
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