Ear-trumpet meaning

A horn-shaped device formerly used to direct sound into the ear of a hearing-impaired person.
noun
0
0
A hand-held funnel-shaped or horn-shaped device, used formerly by the partially deaf to improve hearing.
noun
0
0
A conical shape designed to channel sound to the apex, which was placed in the ear, to serve as a hearing aid.
noun
0
0
Advertisement

Ear-trumpet Sentence Examples

  • If an ear-trumpet is placed at the focus of the second mirror the ticking may be heard easily, though it is quite inaudible by direct waves.

  • He suggested the use of experimental tanks for testing the powers of ship models, invented an ear-trumpet for the deaf, improved the common house-stove of his native land, cured smoky chimneys, took a lively interest in machine-guns and even sketched a flying machine.

  • At a station more than 13 kilometres away a sort of big ear-trumpet, closed by a membrane, was placed with the membrane under water, the tube rising above the surface.

More sentences →

Related articles

Also Mentioned In

Words near ear-trumpet in the Dictionary