hearing aid

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A device used to help the hard of hearing to hear sounds.

Equivalents

Españolacústico audífono audiófonosonotone

Françaisappareil auditif audiophone audioprothèseprothèse auditive sonotone

DeutschHörapparat Hörgerät

23 more languages

Afrikaansgehoorapparaat gehoortoestel

العربيةسَمَّاعَةُ أُذُن مُسَاعَدَات سَمْع

Češtinanaslouchátko sluchadlo

Danskhøreapparat

Ελληνικάακουστικό

Eestikuuldeaparaat

Euskaraaudifono

فارسیسمعک

Suomikuulokoje kuulolaite

Magyarhallókészülék

Bahasa Indonesiaalat bantu dengar

Italianoapparecchio acustico

日本語補聴器

한국어보청기 전음기

Nederlandsgehoorapparaat hoortoestel

Polskiaparat słuchowy

Portuguêsaparelho auditivo

Românăaparat auditiv

Русскийслухово́й аппара́т

Svenskahörapparat

ไทยเครื่องช่วยฟัง

Українськаслухови́й апара́т

Tiếng Việtmáy trợ thính

Examples

“Sadly, the ever-eager Reverend Judith had not been able to conjure up many worshippers, even though it was Father’s Day. There was just one old dear sitting halfway back, her faulty hearing aid letting off a high-pitched whistle.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

hearing dog hearing loop hearing loss hearing range hearing test hearing trumpet

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