The phrase "a better ear for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's ability to perceive or understand nuances in sound, music, or language.
Example: "She has a better ear for music than anyone I know, easily picking up on complex melodies."
Alternatives: "a greater sensitivity to" or "an improved ability to discern".
Has any writer ever had a better ear for American talk?
But while Schwartz seems to have a better ear for the Russian, her translation is often in the end less readable than Bartlett's.
People who speak languages that use tones to convey meaning appear to have a better ear for learning music, according to research published in the journal PLOS ONE.
While we are talking about gaining a better ear for language, I also want to invite you to read an article on listening skills, or how to listen to others who need to vent and be heard.
The success of the Brexiteers is to have a better ear for discontent on the street, in the factory or supermarket and to pander better to popular resentments and prejudice.
She did not produce any zingers tonight, but she seemed to go down better with the audience than Javid, not so much for political reasons, but because she's got a better ear for how her comments are being received.
Those who want to see more fiscal and social moderation can only hope that someone in the White House, perhaps his political guru Karl Rove, will have a better ear than Mr. Bush for what the public will tolerate in the environmental and regulatory arenas.
It's a small film, rough around the edges and at times a bit uncertain, but it affords an early glimpse of a director with an impressive eye and an even better ear for the poetry of everyday speech.
For a Better Ear Implant, Yes," New York Times, Section G, p. 8, col. 1, May 29 , 2003
Figure 3 shows the ΔiSNR at the better ear for different assumed steering vectors d T in the horizontal plane, for a target source in front (panel a) and a target source at 30° to the left (panel b).
All were deaf native signers who reported being born with severe-profound auditory deprivation (hearing loss >75 dB in the better ear; for 5 deaf signers who knew their exact level of hearing loss, mean loss in the better ear was 107 dB with a range of 75 120 dB) to deaf parents from whom they learned ASL as a first language.
