noun
the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
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his hearing was impaired
• Syn: ↑hearing, ↑audition, ↑sense of hearing, ↑auditory modality
• Members of this Topic: ↑auditory system
• Hypernyms: ↑modality, ↑sense modality, ↑sensory system, ↑exteroception
• Hyponyms: ↑ear, ↑absolute pitch, ↑perfect pitch
Useful english dictionary. 2012.