Sentence examples for heightened hearing from inspiring English sources

Among the insights here is that the disorder reflects not an inability to perceive the world, but a sensitivity to it — through heightened hearing, say — often resulting in the faulty processing of simultaneous information.

But for Maria-Therese, blindness was a source of strength, heightened hearing, heightened senses, heightened awareness of the world and of the emotions of the people around her.

The effect is an exquisite hyperrealism that floats along with the fragile bliss of dreams — for instance, whatever is strange about being twelve years old is heightened by hearing a twelve-year-old's expressions in a gravelly voice emanating from the wizened body of an elderly man.

The musicians on stage are on drugs that speed their reflexes, heighten their hearing and assuage their performance anxiety.

To heighten your hearing, listen to music with distinct sounds, like jazz music with several solos.

Tight security around the hearing heightened the sense of political theater.

"His other senses are heightened and his hearing is amazing, so he'll experience the London Marathon through the sounds of the crowds". She says the biggest challenges they faced as a duo are running at night and tackling uneven roads and pavements.

Petty's own vague discomfort with the 12-string guitar and organ signature of his sound was heightened after he heard how Robbie Robertson, former leader of the Band, had rearranged a track Petty submitted to Robertson's "King of Comedy" sound-track album in 1983.

But there's always my unfortunate Krusty-the-Clown instinct, which is heightened because I can hear the audience, hear a hundred people breathing and going" — he parted his lips and gave an expectant simper.

The whole experience was really amazing for me and my senses were really heightened - seeing and hearing the beauty, feeling the intense emotions, and almost tasting and touching it all from my lovely seat so close to the stage.

Through preseason and a handful of N.B.A. games that count, Steve Nash had delightedly heard a heightened buzz from teammates and opponents about matters beyond fast breaks.