Hearing Aid

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Description:

The Acousticon Model C-2 is a single microphone carbon bearing hearing aid made by Dictograph Products Inc., in New York City, in 1937. It has a bone conduction head piece with band, battery connection, amplifier, and pocket regulator. This example, Serial No. 6323, was donated to the Smithsonian in 1939.

Maker: Dictograph Products Company

Location: Currently not on view

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

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-04761Catalog Number: M-04761Accession Number: 151789

Object Name: hearing aidOther Terms: Medicine

Measurements: overall, as stored: 1 7/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 4.76504 cm x 13.0175 cm x 16.51 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-c262-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_726572

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