sound perception

English Thesaurus

1. the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	perception,
definition	:	the process of perceiving (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	speech perception,
definition	:	the auditory perception (and comprehension) of speech (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	musical perception,
definition	:	the auditory perception of musical sounds (noun.cognition)