聴覚

The sense of hearing or auditory perception.

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Noun

The Sense of Hearing

Refers to the physiological faculty of perceiving sound as a sensory function.

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聴覚（ちょうかく） means the sense of hearing as a body function or type of perception.

It is a formal, technical word, common in medical, scientific, and official contexts. Use it for things like 聴覚検査（ちょうかくけんさ） “hearing test” or 聴覚障害（ちょうかくしょうがい） “hearing impairment.”

聴覚 is the faculty, not the body part. It belongs with the 五感（ごかん） “five senses,” alongside terms like 視覚（しかく） “vision” and 嗅覚（きゅうかく） “smell.”

In everyday conversation, use 耳（みみ） instead when talking about how well someone hears. For example, 耳がいい（みみがいい） means “to have good hearing,” and 耳が遠い（みみがとおい） means “hard of hearing.”

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彼は事故で聴覚を失った。

He lost his hearing in an accident.

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聴覚

ちょうかく

The sense of hearing or auditory perception.

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