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For Life
2003.12.04

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Consider this: If being hard of hearing is like being nearsighted in the ear, then couldn't we call today's WordMaster "ear glasses"?

Today's Lesson
HEARING AID   補聴器

Explanation

  • A hearing aid is a small piece of equipment attached to the ear to help a person hear better.
  • hearing aid  は、音を聞き取りやすくするために耳につける小さな器具、つまり、補聴器のことです。

examples

  1. Mom, you're getting hard of hearing - admit it. Don't you think it's time you bought a hearing aid?
  2. That shop sells hearing aids as well as glasses and contact lenses.
  3. Fewer than one out of four Americans who are hard of hearing use a hearing aid.
  4. Could you turn up the volume on the TV? I haven't put my hearing
    aid
    in today.

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