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单词 audiphone
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audiphonen.

/ˈɔːdɪfəʊn/
Etymology: < Latin audīre to hear + Greek ϕωνή sound. (Improperly formed after telephone, ‘that which sounds afar,’ from Greek -ϕωνος sounding, that sounds; whereas audiphone seems intended to mean ‘that which hears sound.’)
An instrument which, pressed against the upper teeth, enables the deaf to hear more distinctly.
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the world > health and disease > healing > audiology or audiometry > [noun] > aids to defective hearing
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1880 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 637 The audiphone will prove to be of great value to deaf mutes, as it enables them to hear their own voices.
1882 A. Crane in Leisure Hour July 412 The audiphone, a fan-like instrument which materially alleviates certain phases of deafness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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