Hearing aid
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BATTERY/POCKET
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.1461.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Zenith
- MODEL
- 50-X
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 800699
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- control unit
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Polished aluminum case
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.6 cm
- Width
- 3.5 cm
- Height
- 1.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Assistive technologies
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Zenith
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
"Pursuing its famed crusade to lower the cost of better hearing, zenith provides true quality at money saving prices. An example is the new Zenith "50-X", offering a combination of features not found in other hearing aids, even those selling at $250 and $300. Yet it's priced at only $50 complete. Operates for only about ten cents a week."1 Zenith Hearing Aids are one of the rare electrical or mechanical products which sold in Canada for the same price as in the U.S.A.2 - Function
-
To amplify sounds for individual hearing. - Technical
-
This particular model had a 4-transitor amplifier and tone control.3 - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "ZENITH" incised on one side of casing; "Zenith [registered trademark symbol]/ "50-X"/ the royalty of hearing", "0800699", "LOUDER" and "HIGH/LOW/OFF" incised on reverse.
- Missing
- Appears to be complete
- Finish
- Polished silver metal casing.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Zenith, Hearing aid, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1970.1461, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1970.1461.001/
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