hearing

Everyday

1. Hearing is the sense that lets you notice sounds, using your ears. tree →
2. Hearing (verb) means noticing sounds right now. tree →
3. A hearing is a meeting where a judge or a group listens to people before deciding something. tree →
4. Hearing can also mean being told something, as in "On hearing the news, she smiled." tree →

In the lessons

In science hearing is one of the five senses (with sight, smell, taste and touch); sound waves make the eardrum vibrate and the brain understands them. In health and safety lessons we protect our hearing from very loud noise, and some people are deaf or hard of hearing and may use hearing aids or sign language. Animals like dogs and bats have better hearing than people. Phrases: hard of hearing, hearing aid, within hearing, hearing test.

Examples

• Dogs have very good hearing. tree →
• Hearing is one of our five senses. tree →
• My grandpa wears a hearing aid because he is hard of hearing. tree →
• I keep hearing a strange noise in the attic. tree →
• Very loud music can damage your hearing. tree →
• The nurse gave me a hearing test at school. tree →
• Bats use their hearing to find insects in the dark. tree →
• Are you hearing me? tree →
• On hearing this Bellah began to laugh. tree →

Note

«Hear» is irregular: hear, heard, heard. «Hearing» (noticing sounds) is different from «listening» (paying attention on purpose). Do not confuse «hear» with «here» (a place); they sound the same. Covering your ears or wearing ear defenders near very loud sounds protects your hearing.

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, "in the hearing of" means in front of people so that they can all hear, as when the law is read aloud. In the Prophets and Writings it also means the ear or sense of hearing, as in "the hearing ear," and being called "in my hearing."

Interpretation. Hearing the Torah read aloud was a duty. Every seventh year the king or leader reads it in the people's hearing at the festival of Sukkot. Proverbs says that God made both the hearing ear and the seeing eye, so tradition sees hearing as a gift from God.

Examples

• And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: 'All that the LORD hath spoken will we do, and obey.' (Torah EXO.24.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. (Torah DEU.31.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. (Torah GEN.23.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing The wheelwork. (Prophets EZK.10.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. (Writings PRO.20.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words; (Writings JOB.33.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

«Hear» is irregular: hear, heard, heard. «Hearing» (noticing sounds) is different from «listening» (paying attention on purpose). Do not confuse «hear» with «here» (a place); they sound the same. Covering your ears or wearing ear defenders near very loud sounds protects your hearing.