auditory threshold

auditory threshold

1. the minimum level of sound that can be detected by an organism. See absolute threshold.

2. any threshold pertaining to hearing, including difference thresholds, pain thresholds, acoustic reflex thresholds, and bone-conduction thresholds.

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