Hearing aid

Hearing aid, ear trumpet with large bell and flexible tube

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Hearing aid, ear trumpet with large bell and flexible tube
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Ear trumpet hearing aid, metal with gold on black painted decoration, known as a bugle or Bonnafont type, after French otologist Jean Pierre Bonnafont who invented this compact design in the mid-19th century, European, 1850-1910.

Details

Category:
Audiology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A602632
Materials:
iron, tinned
Measurements:
overall: 165 mm 72 mm,
type:
hearing aids