SOUND PERCEPTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon

Synonyms:

auditory perception; sound perception

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sound perception" is a kind of...):

perception (the process of perceiving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sound perception"):

speech perception (the auditory perception (and comprehension) of speech)

musical perception (the auditory perception of musical sounds)