Object Details
- Description
- The Acousticon Model A-220 transistorized hearing aid was touted as a “masterpiece of Beauty…so miniature the amplifier can almost be covered by a three-cent stamp.”
- Ref: Acousticon ad in Life (April 2, 1956), p. 79.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Acousticon
- Date made
- c.1955
- Credit Line
- Acousticon
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 cm x 2.3 cm x 1.6 cm; 3/8 in x 7/8 in x 5/8 in
- overall: 1/2 in x 1 in x 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 2.54 cm x 1.5875 cm
- Object Name
- Hearing Aid
- hearing aid
- Other Terms
- Hearing Aid; Medicine
