Hearing Aid
date: label: Date made
content: c.1958
name: label: maker
content: Acousticon
notes: label: Description
content: This BTE (behind the ear) hearing aid is a 3-transistor unit with “ACOUSTICON / PRIVATE-EAR / A600 / MADE IN U.S.A. / PATS. PEND.” and “33270” inscriptions. The form was introduced to the market in 1958.
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: 1978.0328.09
label: model number
content: A-600
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0328.09
label: accession number
content: 1978.0328
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hearing Aid
label: Other Terms
content: Hearing Aid; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .04 cm x 4.6 cm x 2 cm; in x 1 13/16 in x 13/16 in