Conversation tube hearing aid

Made:: 1870-1930 in London

Ear trumpet with flexible tube, by Weiss, London, 1870-1930
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Conversation tube hearing aid, also known as a speaking tube, with flexible metal tube and metal earpiece and sound-capturing bell, made by J. Weiss & Son, London, c.1870-1930.

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Category:: Audiology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A602539

Materials:: earpiece, plastic, trumpet, brass and tube, steel

Measurements:: whole: length 1100 mm
earpiece: length 36 mm
trumpet: diameter 40 mm

type:: hearing aids

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Conversation tube hearing aid

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