But again, they don't, and Joyce is enabling us to hear something we could not hear outside his novel.
The device, simple as it was, enabled him to hear the veriest whisper of sound.
This enables all participants to hear each other clearly but minimizes problems with acoustic feedback.
He left the office door open enabling me to hear the interchange.
That was actually a precaution, for it enabled them to hear sounds from the corridor.
The press may not stanch the bleeding, but at least it can enable us to hear the screams.
This skill enables him to hear things most people wouldn't.
Although snakes are able to sense sound, they lack the outer ear that would enable them to hear the music.
And it was this fact of their whispering that enabled the two to hear something that, otherwise, they might not have heard.
"This little device will enable you to hear flies walking on the ceiling."