Hearing Aid
name: label: maker
content: Zenith Radio Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: The Radionic, Zenith’s first wearable hearing aid, was introduced in October 1942. An inscription on the back of this example reads “ZENITH RADIO CORP. / U.S.A. / MODEL A2A / SERIAL NO. / HA 006176.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0143.14
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0143.14
label: accession number
content: 1991.0143
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hearing Aid
label: Other Terms
content: Hearing Aid; Prosthesis; Electric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, bakelite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.2 cm x 13.5 cm x 7 cm; 7/8 in x 5 5/16 in x 2 3/4 in