hearing dog

British  

noun

1. a dog that has been specially trained to help deaf or partially deaf people by alerting them to sounds such as a ringing doorbell, an alarm, etc

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Example Sentences

Another dog she raised became a hearing dog and went to a woman who needed help.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2023

As Lee explains, “Deaf dogs can have serious advantages over a hearing dog while in training.”

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2019

Then he looks across at his hearing dog, Echo, and adds "and dogs".

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2018

Because of her profound deafness, Poppy was the first child to be partnered with a hearing dog in Wales.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2015

Then on again over the solitary hills, not speaking ourselves, and neither seeing light in window nor hearing dog stir, until we reached that strange defile which men call the Gates of Purbeck.

From Moonfleet by Falkner, John Meade