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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Zinc-air batteries are currently used in small devices like hearing aids.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Her shop also carries products for preventing hearing loss, like custom headphones to make music or movies safer for your ears, to TV and phone amplifiers to help with comprehension and ultimately, quality of life for folks with hearing aids as well as products and counseling for tinnitus.
—Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Cell phones, laptops, portable power banks, e-cigarettes, and hearing aids are just some of the many devices with the batteries that could malfunction, create a ‘thermal runaway’ and ignite a fire.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Eighteen-month-old Colton Stapelberg, who has struggled with hearing problems since birth, was fitted with hearing aids at the Ear Institute in Queenswood, South Africa.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Her shop also carries products for preventing hearing loss, like custom headphones to make music or movies safer for your ears, to TV and phone amplifiers to help with comprehension and ultimately, quality of life for folks with hearing aids as well as products and counseling for tinnitus.
—Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Cell phones, laptops, portable power banks, e-cigarettes, and hearing aids are just some of the many devices with the batteries that could malfunction, create a ‘thermal runaway’ and ignite a fire.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Eighteen-month-old Colton Stapelberg, who has struggled with hearing problems since birth, was fitted with hearing aids at the Ear Institute in Queenswood, South Africa.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Hearing aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hearing%20aid. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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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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