ear trumpets
Old hearing aids
Ear trumpets are funnel-shaped devices that were held to the ear to amplify sound, used before electronic hearing aids.
The wide end collected sound waves and channeled them through a narrowing tube into the ear canal: My great-grandmother relied on an ear trumpet at family gatherings.
Now largely obsolete, they appear mainly in period films and antique shops.
Study of hearing disorders
- deafnessLack of auditory function
- assistiveProviding help or aid
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- lip-readingInterpreting speech visually
impairment · accommodation · accessibility · otology · listening · conversation · social · isolation
Something that comes first
- handheldDesigned for palm use
- portableAble to be carried
- earpieceSpeaker worn in-ear
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
personal · apparatus · instrument · contraption · gadget · Reynolds · prosthetic
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- vintageQuality from past eras
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- obsoleteNo longer in use
19th-century · bygone · old-fashioned · relic · collectible · curio · heirloom · museum
Tapering to a point
- funnelCone directing flow
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- soundwaveTraveling pressure disturbance
brass · bell-shaped · amplification · collector · horn · flared · acoustics · waveform
Advanced in age
- grandmotherMother of a parent
- grandfatherFather's or mother's father
- BeethovenGerman classical music giant
- dowagerTitled widow of nobility
matriarch · patriarch · seniors · geriatric · infirm · aged · aristocrat
audiology
Study of hearing disorders
- deafnessLack of auditory function
- assistiveProviding help or aid
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
lip-reading · impairment · accommodation · accessibility · otology · listening · conversation · social · isolation · inclusion
precursor
Something that comes first
receiver · personal · apparatus · instrument · contraption · gadget · Reynolds · prosthetic
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- vintageQuality from past eras
- antiqueOld valued collectible
obsolete · 19th-century · bygone · old-fashioned · relic · collectible · curio · heirloom · museum · artifact
conical
Tapering to a point
- funnelCone directing flow
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
soundwave · brass · bell-shaped · amplification · collector · horn · flared · acoustics · waveform · transmission
elderly
Advanced in age
- grandmotherMother of a parent
- grandfatherFather's or mother's father
- BeethovenGerman classical music giant
dowager · matriarch · patriarch · seniors · geriatric · infirm · aged · aristocrat
- hearing carehearing aids, hearing aid, cochlear implant, cochlear implants, audiologist
- hearing aidshearing aids, hearing aid, behind-the-ear, digital hearing aids, in-the-ear
ear trumpetsmegaphones
Portable voice amplifiers
bullhorns · loudspeakers · PA systems · amplifiers · broadcasting equipment
trumpet, ears, trumpets, eared, earless, eardrum, earring, trumpeted, trumpeting