A trumpet-shaped device formerly used as a hearing aid.
（旧时的）号角状助听器
Example sentencesExamples
Insects fascinated White, he even went as far as trying to see if bees could hear by shouting down a large ear trumpet next to the hives.
An ear trumpet could make him a good stocking-filler, to help him with the tricky art of listening.
So we just put him over there with a large ear trumpet so he can still take part.
The pictured pseudophone is composed of two ear trumpets crafted from hearing aids.
Electronic hearing aids are active, but their predecessors, ear trumpets, were passive.
Apparently ear trumpets would overcome the aural impediments, but even Edinburgh seems to have given up the ghost in these fine, if slightly old-fashioned, instruments.
Definition of ear trumpet in US English:
ear trumpet
nounˈɪ(ə)r ˌtrəmpətˈi(ə)r ˌtrəmpət
A trumpet-shaped device formerly used as a hearing aid.
（旧时的）号角状助听器
Example sentencesExamples
So we just put him over there with a large ear trumpet so he can still take part.
The pictured pseudophone is composed of two ear trumpets crafted from hearing aids.
Apparently ear trumpets would overcome the aural impediments, but even Edinburgh seems to have given up the ghost in these fine, if slightly old-fashioned, instruments.
Insects fascinated White, he even went as far as trying to see if bees could hear by shouting down a large ear trumpet next to the hives.
Electronic hearing aids are active, but their predecessors, ear trumpets, were passive.
An ear trumpet could make him a good stocking-filler, to help him with the tricky art of listening.