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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Cushing, an audiologist, started the foundation to provide free hearing healthcare — a critical need for millions of people with hearing loss; many of whom can't afford hearing aids.
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Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
Gollakota expects the tech to shrink into earbuds or hearing aids.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
The first commercial market was hearing aids.
—Scott D. Anthony, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2025
John, who has hearing aids, glasses, and white hair swooped off his forehead, is rarely found without his earth-tone cargo pants and Crocs.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
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Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
Gollakota expects the tech to shrink into earbuds or hearing aids.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
The first commercial market was hearing aids.
—Scott D. Anthony, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2025
John, who has hearing aids, glasses, and white hair swooped off his forehead, is rarely found without his earth-tone cargo pants and Crocs.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 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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