Conversation tube hearing aid, probably English, 1870-1895

Made:: 1870-1895

Flexible ear trumpet, probably English, 1870-1895
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Conversation tube hearing aid, also known as a speaking tube, made from vulcanite with silk covering on the flexible tubing, probably English, 1870-1895

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Category:: Audiology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A602583

Materials:: trumpet, vulcanite, earpiece, vulcanite, tube, felt and tube, silk

Measurements:: unfurled: length 1040 mm
tube: diameter 20 mm
trumpet aperture: diameter 50 mm

type:: hearing aids

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Conversation tube hearing aid, probably English, 1870-1895

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