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air conduction

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noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. transmission of sound vibrations to the eardrum through the external auditory meatus (bone conduction ).

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"A lot of sound information in the real world is from vibration, going straight to the cochlea, or inner ear, which processes sound, as opposed to air conduction through our ears," she says.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2014

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