Osteophone

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Osteophone \Os"te*o*phone\, n. [Gr. 'oste`on bone + fwnh`
     voice.]
     An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through
     the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by
     persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the
     nervous apparatus of hearing.


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