(AWE-dih-tore-ee) The eighth cranial nerve that carries impulses (information) between the cochlea and the auditory cortex in the brain.

A term used to describe a pattern of symptoms in which behavioral or ABR measures suggest significant hearing loss while measures of cochlear function such as otoacoustic emissions appear normal. More technically, a term that describes a pattern of abnormal findings for a number of audiometric measures—e. g., auditory brain stem responses (ABR), pure-tone and speech audiometry, and/or […]

A disorder of auditory processing resulting from disease, trauma, or abnormal development of the auditory system in which some of the understanding or clarity (not volume) of sound is lost within the brain or nerve pathways leading to the brain.

Any reflex occurring in response to a sound. If the ear is essentially deaf, there will not be any auditory reflex.

Same as Aural Rehabilitation.

See Auditory Training.