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audiphone [aw-duh-fohn] ExamplesWord Origin noun Medicine/Medical.
- a kind of diaphragm held against the upper teeth to assist hearing by transmitting sound vibrations to the auditory nerve.
Origin of audiphone 1875–80, Americanism; audi(o)- + -phone, modeled on telephone Examples from the Web for audiphone Historical Examples of audiphone
I whispered into the audiphone, “It’s coming over the crater.”
Ray Cummings
Grantline’s voice in my audiphone broke my despairing thoughts.
Ray Cummings
An audiphone buzzer interrupted him, a call from the duty man in the instrument room of the nearby building.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930
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Audiphone, an acoustic instrument by means of which deaf persons are enabled to hear.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3
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Every session of the Conference saw Miss Ellis seated in the front pew, audiphone in hand, eagerly intent on the exercises.
Mary P. Wells Smith
British Dictionary definitions for audiphone audiphone noun
- a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear