Conversation tube hearing aid

Made:
1750-1840 in London
maker:
Bicknell & Co.
Ivory ear trumpet on flexible tube and ivory ear-piece

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Ivory ear trumpet on flexible tube and ivory ear-piece
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Conversation tube hearing aid, also known as a speaking tube, with flexible tube and ivory bell and ivory ear-piece with silver plated copper extension tube, by Bicknell & Co., 369 Strand, near Exeter Hall, London, England, 1750-1840.

Details

Category:
Audiology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A683033
Materials:
ivory, cardboard, string, copper (metal), sliver plated, textile and incomplete
Measurements:
depth furled: 165 mm,
trumpet aperture: 50 mm,
tube diameter: 11 mm,
unfurled length: 980 mm
width furled: 225 mm
type:
hearing aids