Hearing Aid
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1952
name: label: maker
content: Acousticon
notes: label: Description
content: Hearing aid with an “ACOUSTICON MOD. A-320 / PATS. PENDING / MADE IN U.S.A.” inscription. Acousticon introduced the form in 1953, terming it a “transistor hearing aid with telephone-type carbon granular microphone.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Acousticon ad in <i>Los Angeles Times</i> (Dec. 7, 1953), p. A11.
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: Acousticon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0328.01
label: model number
content: A-320
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0328.01
objectType: 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 (adjustement knob material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm x 10 cm x 6 cm; 13/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 2 3/8 in