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Appalling mutterer? Pa must get a hearing aid! (3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ear trumpet

'a hearing aid' is the definition.
('ear trumpet' can be a synonym of 'hearing aid')

'appalling mutterer? pa' is the wordplay.
'appalling' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'mutterer'+'pa'='muttererpa'
'muttererpa' with letters rearranged gives 'EAR-TRUMPET'.

'must get' is the link.

(Other definitions for ear trumpet that I've seen before include "Former hearing aid" , "Primitive hearing aid" , "help in reception" , "One gathering sound" , "sound engineering device" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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