Hearing Aid

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Hearing Aid

Entry/Object ID

2024.16.64

Description

Behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid. The hearing aid has a pale caucasian flesh-colored body that rests behindt he ear with a flexible tube that extends up and over to the front of the ear. The receiver sits just outside the ear canal and is ready for a molded ear piece to secure it in the outer edge of the ear canal.

Context

This hearing aid belonged to a student at the Austine School for the Deaf.

Acquisition

Accession

2024.16

Source or Donor

Austine School for the Deaf

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Date made

1970 - 2000

Dimensions

Height

2-3/4 in

Width

2-1/4 in

Material

Metal, Plastic

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Austine School for the Deaf