audio-, aud-, audi-, audit- +

The name for Lee de Forest's first vacuum tube, a three-element tube (generally known as a triode today) that was a key factor in making practical radio broadcasts a reality in the 1920s.

Computer output in the form of simulated or recorded spoken words.

1. A devotee of high-fidelity reproduction of sound (chiefly U.S.).
2. A person having an ardent interest in stereo or high-fidelity sound reproduction.

A reference to someone who has an ardent interest in stereo or high-fidelity sound reproductions.

A recording by an instrument for dispersing radiation (as electromagnetic radiation or sound waves) into a spectrum and recording or mapping the spectrum (wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic vibrations).

A technique for studying sound by separating it into its component frequencies.

1. Materials using sight and sound to present information.
2. Involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids).
3. Relating to sound and vision; especially, when combined; such as, in a presentation using both film and sound recordings.

1. An instrument consisting of a diaphragm or plate that is placed against the teeth and conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear enabling persons with certain types of deafness to hear more or less distinctly.
2. A device used by individuals with certain types of hearing impairment which consists of a diaphragm that picks up vibrations on a tooth, rather than the eardrum, and which transmits the signal to the inner ear.

1. A formal examination, correction, and official endorsing of financial accounts; especially, those of a business, undertaken annually by an accountant.
2. A systematic check or assessment; especially, of the efficiency or effectiveness of an organization or a process, typically carried out by an independent assessor.
3. In computer programming: a process used to detect accidental input or processing errors as well as fraud, often using test data and special-purpose software.
4. Another aspect of computer programming in which a set of procedures are established to ensure the quality and integrity of a data base and to carry out such a process or procedure.
5. Etymology: from Latin auditus, "a hearing"; past participle of audire, "to hear".

It now stands for the official examination of business accounts, which were originally oral or spoken. The verb is from about 1557.

1. A trial performance, as by an actor, dancer, or musician, to demonstrate suitability or skill.
2. The sense or power of hearing.
3. The act of hearing or the sensation and perception of sounds produced by stimulation of nerve receptors in the ear.

An older term describing the personality of someone who recalls most readily that which has been heard.

The sense by which sounds are understood (known) and interpreted.

Describing or referring to the auditory association areas of the temporal cortex of the brain.

1. A qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization.
2. A university, or college, student registered for a course without getting credit and with no obligation to do any of the work assigned to the class.
3. Someone who listens attentively.

The processes, uses, or senses of hearing.