Meanings
plural hearing aids
- A device used to help the hard of hearing to hear sounds.
Sadly, the ever-eager Reverend Judith had not been able to conjure up many worshippers, even though it was Father’s Day. There was just one old dear sitting halfway back, her faulty hearing aid letting off a high-pitched whistle.
2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBNSynonyms: deaf aid
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA device used to help the hard of hearing to hear sounds.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan electronic device that amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing
nouna conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans gehoorapparaat, gehoortoestel
- gehoorapparaathearing assistance device
- gehoortoestelhearing assistance device
Arabic سَمَّاعَةُ أُذُن, مُسَاعَدَات سَمْع
- سَمَّاعَةُ أُذُن (sammāʕatu ʔuḏun)hearing assistance device
- مُسَاعَدَات سَمْع (musāʕadāt samʕ)hearing assistance device
Basque audifono
- audifonohearing assistance device
Bulgarian слу́хов апара́т
- слу́хов апара́т (slúhov aparát)hearing assistance device
Catalan audiòfon
- audiòfonhearing assistance device
Chinese Cantonese 助聽器 /助听器, 耳聾機 /耳聋机
- 助聽器 /助听器 (zo⁶ ting³ hei³)hearing assistance device
- 耳聾機 /耳聋机 (ji⁵ lung⁴ gei¹)hearing assistance device
Chinese Mandarin 助聽器 /助听器
- 助聽器 /助听器 (zhùtīngqì)hearing assistance device
Czech naslouchátko, sluchadlo
- naslouchátkohearing assistance device
- sluchadlohearing assistance device
Danish høreapparat
- høreapparathearing assistance device
Dutch gehoorapparaat, hoortoestel
- gehoorapparaathearing assistance device
- hoortoestelhearing assistance device
Esperanto aŭdaparato
- aŭdaparatohearing assistance device
Estonian kuuldeaparaat
- kuuldeaparaathearing assistance device
Finnish kuulolaite
- kuulolaitehearing assistance device
French audioprothèse, prothèse auditive
- audioprothèsehearing assistance device
- prothèse auditivehearing assistance device
- appareil auditifhearing assistance device
- audiophonehearing assistance device
- sonotonehearing assistance device
German Hörgerät, Hörapparat
- Hörgeräthearing assistance device
- Hörapparathearing assistance device
Hungarian hallókészülék
- hallókészülékhearing assistance device
Indonesian alat bantu dengar
- alat bantu dengarhearing assistance device
Irish áis éisteachta
- áis éisteachtahearing assistance device
Italian apparecchio acustico
- apparecchio acusticohearing assistance device
Japanese 補聴器
- 補聴器 (hochōki)hearing assistance device
Korean 보청기
- 보청기 (bocheonggi)hearing assistance device
Latvian dzirdes aparāts
- dzirdes aparātshearing assistance device
Norwegian Bokmål høreapparat
- høreapparathearing assistance device
Persian سمعک
- سمعک (sam'ak)hearing assistance device
Polish aparat słuchowy
- aparat słuchowyhearing assistance device
Portuguese aparelho auditivo
- aparelho auditivohearing assistance device
Romanian aparat auditiv
- aparat auditivhearing assistance device
Russian слухово́й аппара́т
- слухово́й аппара́т (sluxovój apparát)hearing assistance device
Slovak naslúchadlo
- naslúchadlohearing assistance device
Spanish audífono, audiófono
- audífonohearing assistance device
- audiófonohearing assistance device
- acústicohearing assistance device
- sonotonehearing assistance device
Swedish hörapparat
- hörapparathearing assistance device
Thai เครื่องช่วยฟัง
- เครื่องช่วยฟัง (krʉ̂ʉang-chûai-fang)hearing assistance device
Turkish işitme cihazı
- işitme cihazıhearing assistance device
Ukrainian слухови́й апара́т
- слухови́й апара́т (sluxovýj aparát)hearing assistance device
Vietnamese máy trợ thính
- máy trợ thínhhearing assistance device
Welsh cymorth clywed
- cymorth clywedhearing assistance device
Cite this entry
hearing aid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hearing%20aid
“hearing aid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hearing%20aid. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hearing aid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hearing%20aid.
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