Personal Hearing Aid Device

Name/Title

Personal Hearing Aid Device

Entry/Object ID

2024.16.16

Description

Rectangular, gray hearing aid device with plastic cover and silver back clip. Attached is a wrapped chord with a beige plug and a light pink disc with a clear plastic earpiece. The device has a black plastic bottom edge. Chords of earpiece exhibit some rusting.

Context

Austine School for the Deaf Brattleboro, VT

Acquisition

Accession

2024.16

Source or Donor

Austine School for the Deaf

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Aid, Hearing

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Device, Hearing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Personal Assistive Objects

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Just device (see note for earpiece)

Height

2-5/8 in

Width

1-3/4 in

Depth

3/4 in

Materials

Material

Plastic, Metal

Material Notes

Most components of the device appear on the exterior to be plastic but due to rusting on the wires to the earpiece suggest evidence of metal wiring.