Auris Model II Hearing Aid
notes: label: Description
content: The Auris carbon microphone hearing aid made by the General Acoustic Co. and available by 1911, was said to be the smallest and least expensive model on the market. In the 1920s, the Auris was described as “Science’s New Gift to the Deaf” perfected by radio engineers. This Auris Model II was donated to the Smithsonian in 1939.
label: Description
content: Ref: Auris ad in <i>New York Times</i> (March 31, 1911), p. 4.
label: Description
content: Auris ad in <i>Chicago Tribune</i> (Jan. 12, 1912), p. B6.
label: Description
content: Auris ad in <i>New York Times</i> (Oct. 5, 1924), p. SM15.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dictograph Products Company, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-04752
label: catalog number
content: M-04752
label: accession number
content: 151789
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hearing aids
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 4 1/2 in x 1 in; 15.24 cm x 11.43 cm x 2.54 cm