Conversation tube hearing aid

Made:
1851-1900
Long hearing aid

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Long hearing aid
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Conversation tube hearing aid, also known as a speaking tube, with flexible rubberised tube and vulcanite earpiece and sound collecting bell, 1851-1900.

Details

Category:
Audiology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A202642
Materials:
trumpet, vulcanite, earpiece, vulcanite, tube, rubber and tube, silk
type:
hearing aids
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)