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ear trumpet

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ear trumpet
n.
A horn-shaped device formerly used to direct sound into the ear of a hearing-impaired person.
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Noun1.ear trumpet - a conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired person
hearing aid
acoustic device - a device for amplifying or transmitting sound


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Either is in such a predicament as the man who was earnest to be introduced to a distinguished deaf woman, but when he was presented, and one end of her ear trumpet was put into his hand, had nothing to say.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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