audiphone

American  

[aw-duh-fohn] / ˈɔ dəˌfoʊn /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

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

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audiphone British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of audiphone

1875–80, audi(o)- + -phone, modeled on telephone

Example Sentences

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audiphone

I felt at that moment, under the shirt against my skin, the anode of my audiphone tingling.

From Wandl the Invader by Ray Cummings

As my grip upon him made audiphone contact, his agonized scream rattled the diaphragms of my ear grids with horrible, deafening intensity.

From Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings

And then the audiphone on the desk buzzed.

From Wandl the Invader by Ray Cummings

As one said, "I never saw her going up the church aisle Sundays, with her audiphone, her little satchel, her bundle of books and papers, and her hymn-book, without thinking of Miss Toosey."

From Miss Ellis's Mission by Mary P. Wells Smith

Upon the audiphone there I was at once connected with a voice, and an anxious man's face with a two-day growth upon it.

From Wandl the Invader by Ray Cummings