Hearing Aid
date: label: Date made
content: c.1967
name: label: maker
content: Acousticon
notes: label: Description
content: Hearing aid with an “Acousticon / A 770 / Made in USA” inscription. This model was available by 1968. Advertisements described the A 770 as “the most powerful aid ever made by Acousticon. 8 transistors, new wide range receivers, ultra-sensitive microphone, micro-miniature circuit, and long life batteries.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Heskett Hearing Aid Center ad in Arizona Republic (Feb. 25, 1968), p. 38.
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: 1978.0328.02
label: model number
content: A-770
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0328.02
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: 1.5 cm x 6 cm x 3 cm; 9/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/16 in