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
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Last year, Medicare was paying $1,200 per hearing aid with basic coverage.
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
You will also be asked to remove eyeglasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, dentures, and piercingsprior to the surgery.
—Scott Sundick, Verywell Health, 3 June 2024
This could improve hearing aids designed to pick up sounds coming from a specific place in a noisy environment, Dr. Miles added.
—Jordan Pearson, New York Times, 16 May 2024
While there have been substantial advances in assistive technology in recent years, measures like hearing aids, cochlear implants, middle ear implants, software providing subtitle or captioning services, and alerting and telecommunication devices still fall short in various ways.
—Ramsha Zubairi, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
You will also be asked to remove eyeglasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, dentures, and piercingsprior to the surgery.
—Scott Sundick, Verywell Health, 3 June 2024
This could improve hearing aids designed to pick up sounds coming from a specific place in a noisy environment, Dr. Miles added.
—Jordan Pearson, New York Times, 16 May 2024
While there have been substantial advances in assistive technology in recent years, measures like hearing aids, cochlear implants, middle ear implants, software providing subtitle or captioning services, and alerting and telecommunication devices still fall short in various ways.
—Ramsha Zubairi, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
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hearing aid
noun
: an electronic device for amplifying sound that is usually worn in or behind the ear of a person with partial hearing loss
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