noun
Meaning 1
A device used to help the hard of hearing to hear sounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deaf aid
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
hearing aid
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noun
Meaning 2
a conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ear trumpet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acoustic device
noun
Meaning 3
an electronic device that amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deaf-aid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: electronic device
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: gehoorapparaat — hearing assistance device
- Afrikaans: gehoortoestel — hearing assistance device
- Arabic: سَمَّاعَةُ أُذُن (sammāʕatu ʔuḏun) — hearing assistance device
- Arabic: مُسَاعَدَات سَمْع (musāʕadāt samʕ) — hearing assistance device
- Basque: audifono — hearing assistance device
- Belarusian: слыхавы́ апара́т (slyxavý aparát) — hearing assistance device
- Bulgarian: слу́хов апара́т (slúhov aparát) — hearing assistance device
- Catalan: audiòfon — hearing assistance device
- Chinese Cantonese: 助聽器 /助听器 (zo6 ting3 hei3) — hearing assistance device
- Chinese Mandarin: 助聽器 /助听器 (zhùtīngqì) — hearing assistance device
- Czech: naslouchátko — hearing assistance device
- Czech: sluchadlo — hearing assistance device
- Danish: høreapparat — hearing assistance device
- Dutch: gehoorapparaat — hearing assistance device
- Dutch: hoortoestel — hearing assistance device
- Esperanto: aŭdaparato — hearing assistance device
- Estonian: kuuldeaparaat — hearing assistance device
- Finnish: kuulolaite — hearing assistance device
- French: audioprothèse — hearing assistance device
- French: prothèse auditive — hearing assistance device
- French: appareil auditif — hearing assistance device
- French: audiophone — hearing assistance device
- French: sonotone — hearing assistance device
- German: Hörgerät — hearing assistance device
- German: Hörapparat — hearing assistance device
- Hungarian: hallókészülék — hearing assistance device
- Ido: askoltilo — hearing assistance device
- Indonesian: alat bantu dengar — hearing assistance device
- Interlingua: apparato auditive — hearing assistance device
- Irish: áis éisteachta — hearing assistance device
- Italian: apparecchio acustico — hearing assistance device
- Japanese: 補聴器 (hochōki) — hearing assistance device
- Korean: 보청기 (bocheonggi) — hearing assistance device
- Latvian: dzirdes aparāts — hearing assistance device
- Macedonian: слушен апара́т (slušen aparát) — hearing assistance device
- Macedonian: ушило (ušilo) — hearing assistance device
- Malayalam: ശ്രവണ സഹായി (śravaṇa sahāyi) — hearing assistance device
- Norwegian Bokmål: høreapparat — hearing assistance device
- Norwegian Nynorsk: høyreapparat — hearing assistance device
- Persian: سمعک (sam'ak) — hearing assistance device
- Polish: aparat słuchowy — hearing assistance device
- Portuguese: aparelho auditivo — hearing assistance device
- Romanian: aparat auditiv — hearing assistance device
- Russian: слухово́й аппара́т (sluxovój apparát) — hearing assistance device
- Serbo-Croatian: слушни апарат — hearing assistance device
- Serbo-Croatian: slušni aparat — hearing assistance device
- Slovak: naslúchadlo — hearing assistance device
- Slovene: slušni aparat — hearing assistance device
- Spanish: audífono — hearing assistance device
- Spanish: audiófono — hearing assistance device
- Spanish: acústico — hearing assistance device
- Spanish: sonotone — hearing assistance device
- Swedish: hörapparat — hearing assistance device
- Telugu: చెముడు మిషను (cemuḍu miṣanu) — hearing assistance device
- Thai: เครื่องช่วยฟัง (krʉ̂ʉang-chûai-fang) — hearing assistance device
- Turkish: işitme cihazı — hearing assistance device
- Ukrainian: слухови́й апара́т (sluxovýj aparát) — hearing assistance device
- Vietnamese: máy trợ thính — hearing assistance device
- Welsh: cymorth clywed — hearing assistance device