Hearing Aid
date: label: Date made
content: c.1952
name: label: maker
content: Acousticon
notes: label: Description
content: Acousticon introduced this type of vacuum tube hearing aid in 1952. An inscription on this example reads “Mod. A-185 / Pats. Pending / Made in USA.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Acousticon, <i>Instructions for Acousticon Golden Jubilee Models A-180 and A-185</i> (1952).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from Acousticon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0328.20
label: model number
content: A-185
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0328.20
label: accession number
content: 1978.0328
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hearing Aid
label: Object Name
content: hearing aid
label: Other Terms
content: Hearing Aid; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.2 cm x 7.7 cm x 4.3 cm; 7/8 in x 3 1/16 in x 1 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 1 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 2.54 cm x 4.445 cm x 7.9375 cm