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Ear trumpet   /ɪr trˈəmpət/   Listen
Ear trumpet

noun
1.
A conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired person.  Synonym: hearing aid.






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"Ear trumpet" Quotes from Famous Books



... the wooden envelop from end to end, and terminate in the screws of its extremity. Immediately in front is a thin circular plate of iron; this is kept in place by being jammed between the main portion of the wooden case and the cap, which carries the mouth or ear trumpet, which are screwed together. Such is the instrument invented by ...
— Hidden Treasures - Why Some Succeed While Others Fail • Harry A. Lewis

... for more than two years her man had not seen her without her hat. What ever would he say? And she rubbed and rubbed her cheeks, trying to smooth them out. Then her conscience smote her, and she ran upstairs to the back bedroom, where the deaf aunt lay. Taking up the little amateur ear trumpet which Gerhardt himself had made for "auntie," before he was taken away, she ...
— Tatterdemalion • John Galsworthy



Words linked to "Ear trumpet" :   hearing aid, acoustic device



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