Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

behind the ear

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: be-hind the ear
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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.

Inflected Forms

BTE (alternative)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does behind the ear mean?: 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.

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