Audiphone Hearing Aid
date: label: date made
content: 1879
notes: label: Description
content: The Audiphone, an early bone conduction hearing aid, was invented in 1879 by Richard S. Rhodes (1842-1902), senior member of the Chicago publishing firm of Rhodes & McClure. The device was shaped like a square Japanese fan, and made of a composite material, the major portion of which was vulcanite. In use, it was placed against the upper front teeth. This example came from the Volta Bureau for the Deaf.
label: Description
content: Ref: “The Audiphone,” Chicago <i>Tribune</i> (Aug. 26, 1879), p. 6.
label: Description
content: “The Audiphone,” Chicago <i>Tribune</i> (Sept. 5, 1879), p. 8.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06805
label: accession number
content: 205532
label: catalog number
content: M-06805
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hearing aid