auditory nerve

noun

: either of the eighth pair of cranial nerves connecting the inner ear with the brain and transmitting impulses concerned with hearing and balance see ear illustration

Examples of auditory nerve in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This general idea had been taken up earlier by Claus-Peter Richter from Northwestern University, who proposed directly stimulating the auditory nerve with high-energy infrared light, though that concept wasn’t confirmed by other laboratories. —IEEE Spectrum, 18 July 2022

Electrical impulses are sent to the auditory nerve, using electrodes that are implanted in the cochlea, a part of the inner ear. —Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2024

As sound waves stimulate the auditory nerve to send information to the brain, the nerve emits an electric signal. —Byhannah Richter, science.org, 30 July 2024

The device, which uses electrodes to stimulate auditory nerves in the inner ear, allows patients to hear sounds, especially those needed to understand speech. —Gina Kolata, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1713, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for auditory nerve

• conserve
• deserve
• manoeuvre
• observe
• preserve
• reserve
• subserve
• curve
• mirv
• serve
• swerve
• verve

Kids Definition

auditory nerve

noun

: a nerve connecting the inner ear with the brain and carrying nerve impulses concerned with hearing and balance

Medical Definition

auditory nerve

noun

: either of the eighth pair of cranial nerves connecting the inner ear with the brain, transmitting impulses concerned with hearing and balance, and composed of the cochlear nerve and the vestibular nerve

called also acoustic nerve, auditory, eighth cranial nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve