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hearing-ear dog

[ heer-ing-eer dawg ]

noun

  1. a dog that has been trained to alert a person who is hard of hearing to important sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hearing-ear dog1

First recorded in 1975–80; on the model of Seeing Eye dog

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