Further emphasis on the aural environment derived from the game's inclusion of a soundtrack created by minimalist musicologist, Michael Nyman.

Since our lawmakers seem so concerned about the pollution of our aural environment, perhaps they'd now consider taking on environmental pollution in its more serious forms, which are, in fact, both indecent and obscene.

The show concludes with "relaxation radio" in which the hosts use sound effects and music to create an aural environment which provides a particular setting for discussion.

He has even done amazingly well - creating an experimental ballet whose mathematical patterns match its heartless aural environment.

Mr. Kuhn has worked with Mr. Wilson since 1979, providing increasingly complex aural environments and ingenious sound design.

An aural and visual environment dealing with the 1997 flood that brought havoc to Grand Forks, N.D.

Steve Reich's score provides a shimmering aural environment, though, again, a limiting one.

And throughout the piece, so much of which is made up of recordings, the loudspeakers placed around the hall at second balcony level provided an aural environment that was at once enveloping and clear.

However, a community of viewers is also constituted by a shared aural environment - gasps, groans, muttered comments and even occasional shouts.