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Definition of Ear trumpet
1. Noun. A conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired person.
Definition of Ear trumpet
1. Noun. A conical shape designed to channel sound to the apex, which was placed in the ear, to serve as a hearing aid. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ear Trumpet
Literary usage of Ear trumpet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"It is the establishment of the principle of this improvement upon the Ear-Trumpet
to which I am solicitous to give publicity, leaving to younger men to make ..."
2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1888)
"So long as one ear remains fairly good, patients will not use an ear-trumpet for
the deaf ear. But when ordinary tones near the ears are heard either very ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"ear trumpet. Under this title may be included all those contrivances intended to
aid the hearing of persons partially deaf. ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1837)
"On an Improved Ear-trumpet. By CHARLES JB WILLIAMS, MD, FRS, &c. Having lately
had occasion to examine the ear-trumpets in common use, Dr. W. found them all ..."