Hearing Aid
date: label: Date made
content: c.1955
name: label: maker
content: Acousticon
notes: label: Description
content: The Acousticon Model A-220 transistorized hearing aid was touted as a “masterpiece of Beauty…so miniature the amplifier can almost be covered by a three-cent stamp.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Acousticon ad in Life (April 2, 1956), p. 79.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
title: label: Title
content: Hearing Aid
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: 1978.0328.05
label: model number
content: A-220
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0328.05
label: accession number
content: 1978.0328
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hearing Aid
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: 1 cm x 2.3 cm x 1.6 cm; 3/8 in x 7/8 in x 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 1 in x 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 2.54 cm x 1.5875 cm