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audiphone

[ aw-duh-fohn ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.
  1. a kind of diaphragm held against the upper teeth to assist hearing by transmitting sound vibrations to the auditory nerve.


audiphone

/ ˈɔːdɪˌfəʊn /

noun

  1. a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of audiphone1

1875–80, Americanism; audi(o)- + -phone, modeled on telephone
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Example Sentences

So that was what Perona had told him over the audiphone just before our noonday meal?

Grantline's voice in my audiphone broke my despairing rush of thoughts.

His voice sounded from the tiny audiphone grid within my helmet.

I gathered up my little audiphone, thrust it under my dark flowing cloak.

We had passed a small lighted audiphone cubby, evidently the one from which Dud and Shac had paged us.

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