ear trumpet

Noun

Meaning

a conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired person

Alternative names

ear-trumpet

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Examples

My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet! Samuel Lover

Is that an ear trumpet in your lava-lava? Kerry Jackson

Bird was the first to publish a description of such a stethoscope but he noted in his paper the prior existence of an earlier design (which he thought was of little utility) which he described as the snake ear trumpet. Source: Internet

While in Rome he suffered a severe cold, which left him partially deaf, and, as a result, he began to carry a small ear trumpet with which he is often pictured. Source: Internet

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