Hearing Aid
date: label: Date made
content: c.1956
name: label: maker
content: Acousticon
notes: label: Description
content: The Acousticon Stylear hearing aid, designed as one temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses, was introduced to the market in 1956. This example is black plastic with a “Pats Pending / Made in USA / Acousticon / Mod. A-235” inscription.
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: 1978.0328.06
label: model number
content: A-235
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0328.06
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: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm x 6 cm x 3 cm; 13/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 15.875 cm x 1.905 cm