sense of hearing vs auditory modality

sense of hearing and auditory modality both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sense of hearing	Yes	No	No	No
auditory modality	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sense of hearing and auditory modality are synonyms defined as:

sense of hearing and auditory modality: the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

Other synonyms of sense of hearing include audition, auditory sense, hearing.

sense of hearing (noun)	auditory modality (noun)
the ability to hear; the auditory faculty	the ability to hear; the auditory faculty