English
Pronunciation
AHD|sûrkÅmärÅl<br>
IPA|/s�k�maɹ�l/<br>
Etymology
From Latin, "around the ears".
Adjective
en-adj|-
- surround|Surrounding the pinna|pinnae or external ears, as in circumaural headphones.
#*1969: John Donald Harris, An Efficient monaural procedure for the psychoacoustic calibration of earphones 1
#*: They adjusted with a-dB step attenuator the loudness of one of two circumaural earphones to equality with a standard WE 705A ear-phone set at 40 dB...
#*1973: Richard F. Thompson, Michael M. Patterson, Bioelectric Recording Techniques 2
#*:First, they are usually connected by a headband and it can be difficult to place the headband or the circumaural cushion so as not to rest on a scalp...
#*1999: Tamara T. Sowell, Bruce B. Blasch, Gale Watson, Low Vision And Blindness: Research And Development 3
#*:For the first two experiments, sounds were presented through canal (insert) earphones...; for the third experiment, circumaural earphones...were employed.
ru:circumaural
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