Hearing Aid
date: label: Date made
content: c.1953
name: label: maker
content: Acousticon
notes: label: Description
content: The transistor, invented at Bell Labs in 1948, opened the possibility of ever smaller hearing aids. Acousticon introduced its transistorized Model A330 in early 1953. The inscription on this example reads “ACOUSTICON / MOD. A330 / PATS. PENDING / MADE IN U.S.A.” New it cost $74.50.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Revolutionary ‘All Transistor’ Hearing Aid Operates Without ‘B’ Batteries—Vacuum Tubes,” Acousticon ad in <i>Boston Globe</i> (Jan. 4, 1953), p. A5A.
label: Description
content: Acousticon, <i>The Transistor Miracle</i> (1953).
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: 1978.0328.21
label: model number
content: A-330
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0328.21
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: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.9 cm x 6.2 cm x 4.4 cm; 3/4 in x 2 7/16 in x 1 3/4 in