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Noun: auditory center
Usage: US (elsewhere: auditory centre)
  1. The part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve
    "Damage to the auditory center can result in hearing impairment";
    - auditory centre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: auditory centers

Type of: center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], nerve center [US], nerve centre [Brit, Cdn]