Hearing Aid

Description:

Swan-shaped ear trumpet made of metal with an ivory tip. The form was termed a London hearing dome or grand opera dome.

Ref: Charles Truax, The Mechanics of Surgery (Chicago, 1899), p. 798.

Irving Wilson Voorhees, “Mechanical Aids to Hearing” in Thomas Lathrop Steadman, ed., A Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences (New York, 1915), vol. 5, p. 45.

Location: Currently not on view

Associated Place: United States: New York, New York City

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-09837Accession Number: 236658Catalog Number: M-09837

Object Name: Hearing Aidhearing aid, ear trumpetOther Terms: Hearing Aid; Prosthesis; Ear Trumpet

Physical Description: metal, brass (overall material)rubber, hard(?) (overall material)Measurements: overall: 11.5 cm x 8.2 cm x 5.9 cm; 4 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 5/16 inoverall: 4 1/2 in x 3 in x 2 3/8 in; 11.43 cm x 7.62 cm x 6.0325 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1d55-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1073746

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