"behind the ear" meaning in English

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Adjective

Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} behind the ear (not comparable)
  1. (medicine) 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. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: BTE
    Sense id: en-behind_the_ear-en-adj-TA3OnLDZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, sciences

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