behind the ear
behind the ear adjective: 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.
Adjective
behind the ear (not comparable)
- 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.
Forms of behind the ear
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Words that rhyme with behind the ear
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- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about behind the ear
- What does behind the ear mean?
- Behind the ear means 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.
- What part of speech is behind the ear?
- Behind the ear is an adjective.
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