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hearing-ear dog

[heer-ing-eer]
–noun
a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing-impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.
Also called hearing dog.


Origin:
1975–80; on the model of Seeing Eye dog
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hearing dog  
n.  A dog trained to assist a deaf or hearing-impaired person by signaling the occurrence of certain sounds, such as a ringing telephone or doorbell.
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Main Entry: hearing dog
Function: noun
: a dog trained to alert its deaf or hearing-impaired owner to sounds (as of a doorbell, alarm, or telephone) called alsohearing ear dog
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hearing dog n.
A dog trained to assist a deaf or hearing-impaired person by signaling the occurrence of certain sounds, such as a ringing telephone.

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