Hearing Aid
date: label: Date made
content: c.1947
name: label: maker
content: Acousticon
notes: label: Description
content: Battery-powered hearing aid in a cream plastic case with an “ACOUSTICON MOD A-15 / PATS. PENDING / MADE IN U.S.A.” The form dates from the late 1940s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
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: 1978.0328.18
label: model number
content: A-015
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0328.18
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: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm x 12.4 cm x 6 cm; in x 4 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 5 in; 2.8575 cm x 6.6675 cm x 12.7 cm