compressor

7.07  compressor. Amplifier in which the amount of amplification (gain) decreases automatically as the signal level increases. See also...

cochlear implant

7.06  cochlear implant. Prosthesis which is surgically implanted in the temporal bone in patients with profound or total hearing loss in order to restore hearing by direct electrical stimulation of the surviving nerve...

whistle register

6.94  whistle register. The highest phonational voice register. When producing pitches in this register, vibration occurs only in some anterior portion of the vocal folds. See also...

volume

6.93  volume. That attribute of auditory sensation in which sounds may be ordered on a scale extending from spatially small to spatially large. Annotation         The volume of a sound increases with sound pressure...

vocal tract

6.92  vocal tract. Combination of the nasal, oral, and pharyngeal cavities (nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx).