behind the ear
English
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Examples of behind the ear hearing aids
Alternative forms
- BTE
Adjective
behind the ear (not comparable)
- (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.