Hearing Aid
date: label: Date made
content: C.1948
name: label: maker
content: Acousticon
notes: label: Description
content: “Electrifying Achievement! YOUR HEARING AID is also AN INCREDIBLY TINY (BATTERY CONTAINED) RADIO.” So boasted Acousticon when introducing its Constellation model in 1948. The inscription on this example reads “Acousticon Mod. A-130 / Pats. Pending / Made in USA.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Acousticon ad in <i>Boston Globe</i> (Nov. 21, 1948), p. C48.
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: 1978.0328.22
label: model number
content: A-130
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0328.22
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: 2.2 cm x 12 cm x 6 cm; 7/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in