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  • 61hearing — [[t]hɪ͟ərɪŋ[/t]] ♦♦♦ hearings 1) N UNCOUNT: oft poss N A person s or animal s hearing is the sense which makes it possible for them to be aware of sounds. His mind still seemed clear and his hearing was excellent. 2) N COUNT A hearing is an… …

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  • 62hearing aid — a compact electronic amplifier worn to improve one s hearing, usually placed in or behind the ear. [1920 25] * * * Device that increases the loudness of sounds in the user s ear. Its principal components are a microphone, an amplifier, and an… …

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  • 63hearing aid — An electronic amplifying device designed to bring sound into the ear; it consists of a microphone, amplifier, and receiver. SYN: hearing instrument. behind the ear h. h. that rests on the medial aspect of the pinna. completely in the …

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  • 64Hearing — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Sense of sound. < N PARAG:Hearing >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hearing hearing &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 audition audition auscultation Sgm: N 1 eavesdropping eavesdropping Sgm: N 1 audibility audibility GRP: N …

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  • 65hearing — hear|ing W2S3 [ˈhıərıŋ US ˈhır ] n 1.) [U] the sense which you use to hear sounds have good/bad etc hearing ▪ She has remarkable hearing for a lady of her age. ▪ a child with a hearing disability →↑hard of hearing 2.) a meeting of a court or… …

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  • 66Hearing screening test, newborn — Screening of the newborn baby s ability to hear. Newborn screening of hearing is done with automated auditory brainstem response tests or, less often, with what are called otoacoustic emission or conventional auditory brainstem response tests.… …

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  • 67hearing-impaired — adjective having a hearing loss • Syn: ↑hard of hearing • Similar to: ↑deaf * * * /hear ing im paird /, adj. 1. having reduced or deficient hearing ability; hard of hearing: special programs for hearing impaired persons. n. 2. (used with a …

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  • 68Hearing Voices Network — The Hearing Voices Network is a self help user run organization for people who hear voices . Although members may have a psychiatric diagnosis, the group promotes an alternative approach, where voices are not necessarily seen as signs of mental… …

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  • 69hearing — noun 1) the wolf s acute hearing Syn: ability to hear, auditory perception, sense of hearing, aural faculty 2) she moved out of hearing Syn: earshot, hearing distance, hearing range, auditory range 3) I had a fair hearing …

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  • 70hearing aid — a device to improve the hearing. Simple passive devices, such as ear trumpets, are now rarely used. An analogue hearing aid consists of a miniature microphone, an amplifier, and a tiny loudspeaker. The aid is powered by a battery and the whole… …

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