behind the ear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Describing a type of hearing aid with microphone, amplifier, and battery that sit in a unit behind the wearer's auricle, and the amplified sound is passed down a tube into the ear canal.

Word forms

behind the ear BTE
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