monoticadj.
/mɒˈnɒtɪk/, /mɒˈnəʊtɪk/, U.S. /mɑˈnoʊdɪk/, /mɑˈnɑdɪk/ Physiology and Psychology.
Involving the presentation of a stimulus to one ear only; designating such a stimulus. Also more generally: using one ear only; monaural. Cf. dichotic adj., diotic adj.
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1891 Monist 1 315 In another article on the same subject, entitled On Interaureal Localisation of Diotic Sensations Karl L. Schaefer of Jena recapitulates in brief the monotic and diotic experiments made by Silvanus B. Thompson, Purkynés, Urbantschitsch, and Preyer.
1910 L. F. Barker in W. Osler & T. McCrae Mod. Med. VII. 23 Sounds are ordinarily heard with both ears (diotic hearing), though sometimes with one alone (monotic hearing).
1972 Jrnl. Neurol. Stud. 17 167 Patients with tumors located in the posterior region of the temporal lobe yielded abnormal scores with the monotic and dichotic tests in the battery.
2004 S. A. Gelfand Hearing (ed. 4) xiii. 469 The letter m will denote a monotic stimulus and o will refer to a diotic stimulus.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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