Maker:

Dictograph Products Company  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 4 in x 4 in; 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm

Object Name:

hearing aids

Other Terms:

Medicine

Description:

The Acousticon Model 26 is a single microphone carbon bearing hearing aid made by the Dictograph Products Inc., in New York City, in the mid-1930s. It has a bone conduction head piece with band, battery connection, and amplifier. This example, Serial No. 7292, was donated to the Smithsonian in 1939.

Location:

Currently not on view

Credit Line:

Dictograph Products Company, Inc.

ID Number:

MG.M-04760

Catalog number:

M-04760

Accession number:

151789

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-895e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_726568