minimum audible

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• minimum audibile — minimum audible auditory threshold …   Medical dictionary

• audible — [ odibl ] adj. • 1488; bas lat. audibilis, de audire « entendre » ♦ Qui est perceptible par l oreille. Sons audibles, à peine audibles. N. m. L audible : l ensemble des sons perceptibles (par l oreille humaine). « La voix se promène maintenant… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• sound — sound1 soundable, adj. /sownd/, n. 1. the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium. 2. mechanical vibrations transmitted through an elastic medium, traveling in air at a… …   Universalium

• Sound — /sownd/, n. The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 mi. (140 km) long; 3 30 mi. (5 48 km) wide. Swedish and Danish, Oresund. * * * I Mechanical disturbance that propagates as a longitudinal wave… …   Universalium

• Absolute threshold of hearing — The absolute threshold of hearing (ATH) is the minimum sound level of a pure tone that an average ear with normal hearing can hear with no other sound present. The absolute threshold relates to the sound that can just be heard by the… …   Wikipedia

• Cochlear implant — A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. The cochlear implant is often referred to as a bionic ear. As of December 2010,… …   Wikipedia

• ACOUSTIQUE - Propagation et production des sons — 1. Historique L’intérêt porté par l’homme aux phénomènes sonores remonte à la nuit des temps, mais cet intérêt ne fut pas dès l’origine d’ordre scientifique. Les premières recherches concernant les phénomènes sonores datent du VIe siècle avant… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• phon — /fon/, n. a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds… …   Universalium

• sone — /sohn/, n. a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000 cycle per second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels. [1945 50; < L… …   Universalium

• MAF — Abbreviation for macrophage activating factor. * * * macrophage activation factor; macrophage agglutinating factor; maximum atrial fragmentation; minimum audible field; mouse amniotic fluid * * * macrophage activating factor; see interferon… …   Medical dictionary

• map — A representation of a region or structure; E.G., of a stretch of DNA. choroplethic m. a method of mapping to display quantitative information such as death rates in defined jurisdictions (states, counties, etc.) by color coding or shading. [G.… …   Medical dictionary