Otarion Model A-2 Hearing Aid
name: label: maker
content: Otarion Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Denison Bingham Hull (1897-1988) was a Chicago architect who lost his hearing and, dissatisfied with the hearing aids on the market, decided to design his own. The first Otarion, unveiled in 1940, was small, inexpensive, relatively light weight, and contained four radio tubes. In 1954, Otarion was purchased by Leland E. Rosemond and moved to Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
label: Description
content: This Model A-2 Otarion hearing aid sold was given to the Smithsonian in 1955.
label: Description
content: Ref: “New Hearing Aid Just Developed,” <i>Boston Globe</i> (Oct. 27, 1940), p. C1.
label: Description
content: “Opens New World to Hard of Hearing,” ad in <i>Boston Globe</i> (Dec. 15, 1940), p. D6.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06808
label: catalog number
content: M-06808
label: accession number
content: 204949
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hearing aid
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 8.89 cm x 1.5875 cm