Meaning & use
auditory information
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Meaning
noununcountabletechnical
Information that you receive through your sense of hearing.
Grammar: Uncountable, so it has no plural form and takes a singular verb: 'Auditory information is processed quickly.'
Patterns
- process auditory information
- receive auditory information
The brain processes auditory information in the temporal lobe.
Children with hearing loss may need extra help to take in auditory information in class.
The study compared how people remember visual and auditory information.
Common combinations
- process auditory information
- The brain can process auditory information in milliseconds.
- auditory information processing
- Auditory information processing is slower in noisy rooms.
- rely on auditory information
- Blind people often rely on auditory information to navigate.
Synonyms and how they differ
- sound information
- Less technical and more general; it can refer to any sound, not just what the ears send to the brain.
- aural input
- Used in language teaching; it focuses on listening practice rather than the information itself.
Opposites
Word family
- auditory adjective
- Relating to hearing.
- auditorily adverb
- In a way that relates to hearing.
Commonly confused: auditory information or audio information?
auditory information vs audio information
Audio information is about sound recordings or equipment; auditory information is about what your ears and brain receive.
Practice
The brain receives ______ information through the ears.
Choose one answer.
'Auditory' means relating to the sense of hearing, so it fits here. 'Audible' means loud enough to be heard, 'audio' relates to sound equipment, and 'acoustic' relates to sound in general or to spaces.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “auditory information”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.