Vibrator
notes: label: Description
content: Vibrator designed to be placed under a pillow, to be used as an alarm clock for people who are hearing impaired. Barbara Liss Chertok, the donor, became deaf at age 21 by Cogan’s Syndrome, and devoted herself to the movement to improve life for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Woman Overcomes Obstacles, Barbara Chertok bridges hearing impaired, hearing,” Washington Jewish Week (Feb. 8, 1996).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Disabilities
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Barbara L. Chertok
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0177.02
label: accession number
content: 1996.0177
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0177.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bed Vibrator
label: Object Name
content: vibrator, bed
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, as stored: 1 1/2 in x 5 in x 5 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 12.7 cm x 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.4 cm x 10 cm x 4 cm; 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 1 9/16 in