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speaking trumpet

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speaking trumpet
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(Medicine) a trumpet-shaped instrument used to carry the voice a great distance or held to the ear by a deaf person to aid his hearing
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Noun1.speaking trumpet - a trumpet-shaped acoustic device to intensify and direct the human voicespeaking trumpet - a trumpet-shaped acoustic device to intensify and direct the human voice; formerly held to the ear by a hard-of-hearing person
acoustic device - a device for amplifying or transmitting sound


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