hearing aid

noun

plural hearing aids

: an electronic device for amplifying sound that is usually worn in or behind the ear of a person with hearing loss

Examples of hearing aid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Milk Carton Kids joked that their song would be the quietest of the night, advising the crowd to remove earplugs and turn hearing aids up. —Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

This is in distinction to hearing aids prescribed by a doctor to address a person’s hearing impairment. —Anshel Sag, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025

People who relied on hearing aids were left to struggle. —Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025

Several people can use it to connect to the same audio stream simultaneously and get audio from TVs in public spaces like the gym, for example, or stream audio directly to hearing aids at a public concert. —Simon Hill, Wired News, 10 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hearing aid

• accolade
• ambuscade
• antegrade
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• barricade
• cannonade
• cavalcade
• centigrade
• chambermaid
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• countertrade
• disobeyed

Kids Definition

hearing aid

noun

: an electronic device usually worn by a person with poor hearing to make sounds louder

Medical Definition

hearing aid

noun

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: an electronic device for amplifying sound that is usually worn in or behind the ear of a person with partial hearing loss