Hearing Aid
date: label: Date made
content: c.1958
name: label: maker
content: Acousticon
notes: label: Description
content: “NEW HEARING AID smaller than a cigarette light.” So said an Acousticon dealer when introducing the Elite hearing aid in 1959. The inscription on this example reads “ACOUSTICON / Elite MOD 710 / Pats. Pending / MADE IN U.S.A.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Acousticon ad in <i>Atlanta Constitution</i> (July 26, 1959), p. 18A.
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: Gift from Acousticon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0328.23
label: model number
content: A-710
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0328.23
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: Measurements
content: overall: 1.2 cm x 5.2 cm x 2.1 cm; 1/2 in x 2 1/16 in x 13/16 in