overamplify

present singular third person overamplifies · participle present overamplifying · participle past overamplified · past overamplified

1. To amplify to an extent that distorts the original sound or signal

   Pastor Andres's public voice was deep and rumbly; with the mike overamplifying him, and the faint Hispanic accent, he was hard to understand.

   2006, Sara Paretsky, Fire Sale, page 109

2. To amplify to an extent that is undesirably loud.

   Physiological thresholds can differ from behavioral thresholds by ±15–20 dB HL. Thus, without verification of behavioral responses with amplification, hearing aids may underamplify or overamplify.

   2006, Patricia Spencer, Advances in the Spoken-Language Development of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children, →ISBN

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   What is interesting to note here is that the 2⁄3 gain can be seen to overamplify over the curved line of the impaired ear more than underamplifies, whereas the 1⁄3 gain curve illustrates the opposite, where it tends to underamplify sound to the ear.

   2014, Michael J. Metz, Sandlin's Textbook of Hearing Aid Amplification, →ISBN