Hearing Aid
date: label: Date made
content: c.1950
name: label: maker
content: Acousticon
notes: label: Description
content: Gold-colored battery-powered hearing aid, with an inscription inside the case that reads “Acousticon Mod. A-170 / Pats. Pending / Made IN USA.” This dates from the early 1950s.
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: Acousticon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0328.19
label: model number
content: A-170
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0328.19
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: 2.1 cm x 12 cm x 6 cm; 13/16 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in