A conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired person.
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Examples for "hearing aid"
Examples for "hearing aid"
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Most of us know an older person who needs a hearing aid.
2
Jake, now 19, wears a hearing aid and is unable to work.
3
Danish hearing aid maker GN Store Nord was also in the running.
4
Triton, the hearing aid company has also taken the subscription route.
5
The building is home to doctors, a dentist and a hearing aid seller.
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Miss Wedgwood, who was deaf, used an ear trumpet very cleverly.
2
Aunty Bixby, listening anxiously through her ear trumpet, nodded emphatically at this suggestion.
3
His solicitor, Mr. John Lawless, announced the fact to him through his ear trumpet.
4
Then she picked up an ear trumpet from her bedside table and shook it.
5
During most of his adult life, Joshua Reynolds made use of an ear trumpet.
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But Aunty Bixby could not get the name straight, even with the assistance of her ear trumpet.
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The ear trumpet is an illustration of a sound-collecting device, the waves being brought together by reflection.
8
He'd need an ear trumpet.'
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Uncle Bertrand, who is rather deaf, has made an ear trumpet of his hand and drawn his chair up.
10
Among the items was the Sonotone Corporation's pocket hearing aid, manufactured in Elmsford, which was an improvement over the ear trumpet on view.
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A deaf peer, James Butler, Duke of Ormond, placing his hand to his ear like an ear trumpet, asked Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St. Albans,-
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Kind sir, please desist: it is offending our delicate ear trumpets.
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Here, to my great content, I did try the use of the Otacousticon,-[ Ear trumpet.
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You seize the ear trumpets, and shout-
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Ear trumpets for listening through keyholes!
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(Takes hold of chain on his ear trumpet and passes him in.