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View synonyms for ear trumpet

ear trumpet

noun

  1. a trumpet-shaped device held to the ear for collecting and intensifying sounds and once commonly used as an aid to hearing.


ear trumpet

noun

  1. a trumpet-shaped instrument that amplifies sounds and is held to the ear: an old form of hearing aid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ear trumpet1

First recorded in 1770–80
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Example Sentences

She presided over these salons despite deafness that required visitors to all but shout into her ear trumpet.

I often wonder how Beethoven would react to modern-day hearing aids considering his great frustration with the ear trumpets of his day.

Has 21 activities, such as how to make an ear trumpet, a device Beethoven used to help him hear better.

Then there were the ear trumpets he used, hornlike metal devices that were created for him to stick in his ears by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, an inventor who also made his metronomes.

I knew he couldn’t hear Miss Love’s music, not without his ear trumpet.

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