History Main / EarTrumpet

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* One of the White-hats in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxTrolls''

* WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes: The 1963 short "WesternAnimation/NowHearThis" had an old man finding a new ear trumpet in place of his old and worn-out one. He is overjoyed to have a new shiny trumpet, but it is, in fact, Satan's lost horn, and it has the old man's world turn into a synesthetic, nightmarish acid trip sequence.

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* Old timers in ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' are often seen with these, especially if said geezers are weakened to wheelchair condition. Usually the ear trumpet user still cannot hear and has to rely on someone else to personally deliver "what he says".

** Well those are for deaf people, and he's just a little hard of hearing in one ear.

* Professor Calculus uses one in ''[[Franchise/{{Tintin}} Destination Moon]]'' (which gets switched out at one point for the Captain's pipe). For the actual trip, he uses an earpiece that allows him to hear perfectly. Needless to say, [[StatusQuoIsGod later volumes return him to his hard-of-hearing state]].

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Unseen University's elderly wizard Windle Poons apparently used to have one. By ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' it was used to give [[{{Magitek}} HEX]] verbal commands.

* A WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRua64ACGFg&NR=1 Now Hear This]]'' had an old man finding a new ear trumpet in place of his old and worn-out one. He is overjoyed to have a new shiny trumpet, but it is, in fact, Satan's lost horn, and it has the old man's world turn into a synesthetic, nightmarish acid trip sequence.

* ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible'' once was trying to communicate with an old Viking. The problem: The EarTrumpet was full of letters.

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* In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestV'', Graham encounters an old hermit that uses a conch seashell as one. Without it the only thing he can hear is the incredibly loud bell he has hanging outside his door.

->'''''WHAT?! COULD YOU REPEAT ALL THAT?! I WASN'T USING MY TRUMPET!'''''

-->'''Scientist:''' I said I believe that Dr. Boynton's gone mad!

-->'''Scientist:''' ''(shouts into the trumpet)'' '''I SAID I BELIEVE THAT DR. BOYNTON'S GOING MAD!'''

* At least one was in use in TheSeventies (!!), showing up in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIlsqkBis3k this video]] of Ann-Margret and the Bay City Rollers playing for an audience of senior citizens. (Around 1:09.)

* ''Series/HorribleHistories''- During their special edition at the Proms, one sketch has Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven being provided a literal trumpet for this purpose by Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart in order to argue over which of them was the greatest composer.

* When Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven began to lose his hearing, he had some ear trumpets manufactured for him by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, but they didn't work very well and the embarrassment of having to use them in public contributed to his SenseLossSadness.

* ''Series/HorribleHistories''- During their special edition at the Proms, one sketch has Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven being provided a literal trumpet for this purpose by Creator/WolfgangAmadeusMozart in order to argue over which of them was the greatest composer.

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* Surrealist novel ''TheHearingTrumpet''.

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* In ''TheAdventureGame'', one of the Argonds had an ear trumpet that was completely useless; his hearing only improved when he wore his spectacles.

* Used by Beethoven in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. The Warners tried using it as an instrument until they learned where it had been.
--> Yakko: "You shouldn't put stuff like that in your ear. You'll go deaf."
--> Beethoven: "I ''am'' deaf!"
--> Yakko, Wakko, and Dot (to the audience): "Too late!"

* Used for a noticeable gag in the italian comic ''Alan Ford'': during a bank robbery, one of the [[ItMakesSenseInContext ghost robbers]] tries to intimidate a seemingly deaf old man with a ear trumpet, who can't hear what's he's saying. Then the ghost just [[AmusingInjuries shoot a bullet down the trumpet]], causing it to exit from the old man's other ear, much to his shock.
* In ''ComicBook/TheBeano'', Eric Wimp ate an old Banana and became an older version of ComicStrip/{{Bananaman}} who used an ear trumpet to attempt to hear a cry for help.

* A comparatively recent use of an ear trumpet (early 1970s!) shows up in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIlsqkBis3k this video]] of Ann-Margret and the Bay City Rollers playing for an audience of senior citizens. (Around 1:09.)

* A comparatively recent use of an ear trumpet shows up in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIlsqkBis3k this video]] of Ann-Margret and the Bay City Rollers playing for an audience of senior citizens. (Around 1:09.)