Quantitative Concept
auditory threshold
au·di·to·ry thresh·old
Subclass of:
Auditory Perception;
Sensory Thresholds
Definitions related to auditory threshold:
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Lowest sound intensity or pitch a subject can detect or that can elicit a response.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The audibility limit of discriminating sound intensity and pitch.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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