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

The supposed powers to hear things outside the range of normal perceptions.

The ability to hear sounds not actually present; such as, spirit communications, etc.

A reference to the power, or faculty, of hearing something not present to the ear but regarded as having an objective reality.

I have heard the wind in the fig trees.

Motto of Emperor Frederick II of Germany (1215-1250). His motto is said to have denoted the emperor's longing for Sicily. He was Italian by taste and training and had little of the German about him.

The measurement of the potentials that arise in response to acoustic stimuli in the auditory system above the level of the brainstem.

The measurement of hearing threshold levels and other parameters to determine the nature; such as, conductive, sensory, neural, or mixed; and the degree of hearing impairment.

1. Refusal or failure to obey.
2. A lack of obedience or a refusal to comply.

1. Not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority.
2. Unwilling to submit to authority.
3. Habitually refusing, or failing, to obey.

1. In a disobedient manner.
2. Characterized by refusing or neglecting to obey.

1. To refuse, or to fail, to obey a rule, instruction, or authority; or someone giving an instruction or anyone in authority.
2. To refuse to go along with; to refuse to follow instructions.
3. Etymology: from Old French desobeir (13th century), reformed with dis- from Late Latin inobedire, a back-formation from inobediens, "not obeying"; from Latin in-, "not" + oboedire, "to obey, to pay attention to, to give ear to"; literally, "listen to" from ob-, "to" + audire, "to listen, to hear".

Difficulty in hearing.

1. Able to be heard easily; distinctly audible.
2. Readily hearing; such as, giving ear to prayer.

An old term for the action of hearing effectually; hearkening.

Not loud enough to be heard; unhearable.

The quality of not being perceptible by the ear; that is, incapable of being heard.