a device for converting electric signals into sounds, designed to be held over or inserted into the ear; as, The common telephone handset has a speaker and an earpiece.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A small, electro-magnetic speaker for use in a telephone handset.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"