** Shares of Audeara AUA.AX rise 21.6% to A$0.045, easing from a jump of as much as 24.4%

** Hearing-aid developer gets second purchase order from Avedis Zildjian worth $917,000 (A$1.47 mln)

** Over 1 mln shares traded, 74x the 30-day daily avg

** Despite the surge, the stock is still down ~10% YTD ($1 = 1.6010 Australian dollars)

(Reporting by Manasi Dasa Sundeep in Bengaluru)

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