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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Photograph: Christopher Null; Getty Images At the start of the year, hearing aid brand Zepp Clarity announced a new program to try to encourage more of the millions of people with hearing loss to give hearing aids—and particularly Zepp Clarity’s aids—a spin.
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Christopher Null, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2025
Zoom in: Metro Richmond ranks among the top five highest-paying U.S. cities for emergency medicine physicians and hearing aid specialists, with annual mean salaries of $420,640 and $80,490, respectively — nearly twice the national median pay.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
My mother is very deaf (Cochlear implant in one ear, hearing aid in the other) and uses this app constantly.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Introduced in early January last year at CES in Las Vegas and at Mido a month later, Nuance Audio offers eyewear with integrated high-tech hearing technology aimed at offering a valid and better-looking alternative to hearing aid devices.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 3 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Null, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2025
Zoom in: Metro Richmond ranks among the top five highest-paying U.S. cities for emergency medicine physicians and hearing aid specialists, with annual mean salaries of $420,640 and $80,490, respectively — nearly twice the national median pay.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
My mother is very deaf (Cochlear implant in one ear, hearing aid in the other) and uses this app constantly.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Introduced in early January last year at CES in Las Vegas and at Mido a month later, Nuance Audio offers eyewear with integrated high-tech hearing technology aimed at offering a valid and better-looking alternative to hearing aid devices.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Hearing aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hearing%20aid. Accessed 16 Mar. 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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