Auditory looming refers to the phenomenon where a sound increases in intensity as the source of the sound approaches the listener. This is a perceptual effect that helps in estimating the motion of objects in the environment, particularly as they move closer to the listener. Choices B and C describe other auditory phenomena but are not related to auditory looming.

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Auditory Looming Is

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Auditory looming is

A) a steady increase in intensity of sound as a sound source approaches.
B) a tendency for mid-range frequencies to be louder than high and low frequencies.
C) the ability to pick out a particular speaker in a noisy environment with many other speakers.
D) all of these

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