n.
perception of sounds
1) acute, keen hearing
2) defective, impaired hearing
3) hard of hearing; hearing impaired
session of a committee, court
4) to conduct, hold a hearing
5) a fair, impartial; open hearing (he got a fair hearing)
6) Congressional hearings
7) an administrative; judicial; pre-trial; public hearing
8) at a hearing (to testify at a hearing)