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

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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

Further extracts from the diary are:— Saturday evening, J—— accidentally broke my audiphone.

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

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

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 by Harry Bates

A radio audiphone transmitter and receiver, with its attendant eavesdropping cut-offs.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various

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