Hearing Aid
Hearing Aid
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- Description
- Ear trumpet made of tortoise shell and brass. An inscription reads “CLARVOX / PARIS / FRANCE.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Hearing Aid
- hearing aid, ear trumpet
- Other Terms
- Hearing Aid; Prostheses
- place made
- France: Île-de-France, Paris
- Associated Place
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- tortoise shell (overall material)
- metal, brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 2 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 6.35 cm
- overall: 2 in x 5 1/2 in x 3 7/8 in; 5.08 cm x 13.97 cm x 9.8425 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-06591
- accession number
- 197642
- catalog number
- M-06591
- Credit Line
- Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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