Bazelon's very acute ear and sensitivity to sound also resulted from his early partial hearing loss.

Cleave has perhaps too acute an ear for such B-movie dialogue.

The noise rendered his usually acute ears ineffective in detecting soft sounds.

It required no acute ear to catch the shake in the proprietor's voice.

Instead he focused his acute ear on unorthodox and strange details moment to moment.

But she is a formidable composer, a true modernist with an acute ear and keen imagination.

Similarly, only an acute ear could have caught the whispered mirth that came from invisible lips.

We were going away when the acute ears of Hans caught the sound of groans.

The woman's acute ears caught her hoarse whisper, so she said obstinately, Ten bob.

Since the part is written in French and English, an acute ear might be thought a prerequisite for the role.