behind the ear

English
Examples of behind the ear hearing aids

Alternative forms

Adjective

behind the ear (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Describing a type of hearing aid with microphone, amplifier, and battery that sit in a unit behind the wearer's auricle, and the amplified sound is passed down a tube into the ear canal.
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