circumaural

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: circum-aural

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From circum- (around) +‎ aural (ear).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

circumaural (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding the pinnae or external ears, as in circumaural headphones.
    • 1969, John Donald Harris, An Efficient monaural procedure for the psychoacoustic calibration of earphones[1]:
      They adjusted with a-dB step attenuator the loudness of one of two circumaural earphones to equality with a standard WE 705A ear-phone set at 40 dB...
    • 1973, Richard F. Thompson, Michael M. Patterson, Bioelectric Recording Techniques[2]:
      First, they are usually connected by a headband and it can be difficult to place the headband or the circumaural cushion so as not to rest on a scalp...
    • 1999, Tamara T. Sowell, Bruce B. Blasch, Gale Watson, Low Vision And Blindness: Research And Development[3]:
      For the first two experiments, sounds were presented through canal (insert) earphones...; for the third experiment, circumaural earphones...were employed.
[edit]