audiation

audiation
 n.— «“My goal is to teach kids to hear a sound in their head without that sound being made,” he said. The process is called “audiation.”» —“Band instructor uses non-traditional method in music education” by Michael Miller Leader Times (Kittanning, Pa.) Oct. 4, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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