auditory processing
nounUK /ˈɔː.dɪ.tər.i ˈprəʊ.ses.ɪŋ/
US /ˈɔː.dɪ.tɔːr.i ˈprɑː.ses.ɪŋ/
How your brain listens to sounds and figures out what they mean.
Good auditory processing helps you understand your teacher when the classroom is noisy.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The steps the brain takes to notice, tell apart, and make sense of sounds.
Auditory processing happens quickly, even though it involves many steps.
3. A difficulty some people have with understanding sounds even when their ears work fine.
Her auditory processing challenges make it hard to follow fast conversations.
4. The way a computer or device analyzes sound signals.
The app's auditory processing turns spoken words into text.