Conversation tube hearing aid

Made:
1800-1860 in London
maker:
FC Rein and Son, FC Rein &

Conversation tube hearing aid, also known as a speaking tube, with ivory earpiece and bell and rubberised fabric covered tube, by F.C. Rein, London, 1800-1860

Details

Category:
Audiology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A602564
Materials:
trumpet, ivory, turned, earpiece, ivory, turned, tube, silk and tube, felt
Measurements:
unfurled: length 1100 mm
tube: diameter 11 mm
trumpet aperture: diameter 52 mm
type:
hearing aids

Parts

Conversation tube hearing aid

Conversation tube hearing aid

Conversation tube hearing aid, also known as a speaking tube, with ivory earpiece and rubberised fabric covered tube, but bell detached, by F.C. Rein, London, 1800-1860

Object Number:
A602564/1
type:
hearing aids
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Conversation tube hearing aid

Conversation tube hearing aid

Ivory bell from a conversation tube hearing aid, also known as a speaking tube, by F.C. Rein, London, 1800-1860

Object Number:
A602564/2
type:
hearing aids
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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