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  2. Ear trumpet - Wikipedia

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    An 18th-century drawing of ear trumpets. An ear trumpet is a tubular or funnel-shaped device which collects sound waves and leads them into the ear.They are used as hearing aids, resulting in a strengthening of the sound energy impact to the eardrum and thus improved hearing for a deaf or hard-of-hearing individual.

  3. History of hearing aids - Wikipedia

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    The use of ear trumpets for the partially deaf, dates back to the 17th century. [1] By the late 18th century, their use was becoming increasingly common. Collapsible conical ear trumpets were made by instrument makers on a one-off basis for specific clients.

  4. Accessibility apps - Wikipedia

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    This was seen in early PDAs and the first-generation iPhone. Secondly, apps that were focused on grabbing the user's attention and dominating the mobile home screen. [4] Thirdly, today's phase in which apps are service layers, purpose built and utilise technology such as hardware sensors, location, history of use, and predictive computation. [9]

  5. Hearing aid - Wikipedia

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    Madame de Meuron with ear trumpet. The first hearing aids were ear trumpets, and were created in the 17th century. Some of the first hearing aids were external hearing aids. External hearing aids directed sounds in front of the ear and blocked all other noises. The apparatus would fit behind or in the ear.

  6. Pinard horn - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes we listen to the fetal heart rate with the Pinard, but if the woman is very sensitive, and it bothers her to push into her belly with the Pinard horn, then we use the Doppler. But the Doppler often transmits a lot of noise; it gets confusing. So better with the Pinard. [3] A Pinard horn may be used to determine the position of the fetus.

  7. Tips to clean your ears — and why ENTs want you to ... - AOL

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    Ear wax is normal, doctors say, and using swabs can cause more damage. Tips to clean your ears — and why ENTs want you to stop removing ear wax with cotton swabs and at-home irrigation kits Skip ...

  8. This week on "Sunday Morning" (February 2) - AOL

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    The Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. "Sunday Morning" also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it ...

  9. Want to play trumpet and have all you can eat at Miami ... - AOL

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    Trumpet. Afuche/cabasa (a shaker with steel-ball chains wrapped around a wooden cylinder, Latin American) Buleador (a sitting drum, Puerto Rican) Claves (two wooden sticks struck together, Cuban)