audiphone

English

Noun

audiphone (plural audiphones)

1. (dated) an instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly.

Synonyms

• dentiphone

References

• “audiphone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.