acoustical nerve
1Hair cell — For hair cells on the external skin, see Hair follicle. For algal hair cells , see Trichocyte (disambiguation). Neuron: Hair cell Section through the spiral organ of Corti. Magnified. ( Oute …
2Sound localization — refers to a listener s ability to identify the location or origin of a detected sound in direction and distance. It may also refer to the methods in acoustical engineering to simulate the placement of an auditory cue in a virtual 3D space (see… …
3Katherine Safford Harris — Katherine S. Harris [http://www.haskins.yale.edu/staff/harris.html] is a noted psychologist and speech scientist. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita in Speech and Hearing at the CUNY Graduate Center… …
4mechanoreception — See mechanoreceptor. * * * Ability to detect and respond to mechanical stimuli in one s environment. A slight deformation of a mechanoreceptive neuron causes an electric charge at its surface, activating a response. Mechanoreceptors in pain spots …
5Absolute pitch — (AP), widely referred to as perfect pitch, is the ability of a person to identify or recreate a musical note without the benefit of a known reference.DefinitionAbsolute pitch, or perfect pitch, is the ability to identify the frequency or musical… …
6Acoustic neuroma — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Acoustic neuroma ICD10 = ICD10|C|72|4|c|69 ICD9 = ICD9|225.1 ICDO = ICDO|9560|0 Caption = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 000778 eMedicineSubj = ent eMedicineTopic = 239 DiseasesDB = 100 MeshID = D009464 An acoustic neuroma,… …
7Vestibular schwannoma — Acoustic neuroma Classification and external resources Bilateral schwannomas in a patient with neurofibromatosis 2 ICD 10 C7 …
8speech — /speech/, n. 1. the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one s thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity. 2. the act of speaking: He expresses… …
9Tinnitus — Infobox Disease Name = Tinnitus Caption = DiseasesDB = 27662 ICD10 = ICD10|H|93|1|h|90 ICD9 = ICD9|388.3 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 003043 eMedicineSubj = ent eMedicineTopic = 235 MeshID = D014012Tinnitus (pronEng|tɪˈnaɪtəs or IPA|/ˈtɪnɪtəs/,… …
10Music-related memory — Musical memory refers to the ability to remember music related information, such as melodic content and other progressions of tones or pitches. The differences found between linguistic memory and musical memory have led researchers to theorize… …
