University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Otolaryngology
Accession Number
1985.7.1
Description
A plastic amplifying unit with a metal clip for attachment to wearer's clothing; volume and tone controls at top; a fine cord connects to a plastic earpiece onto which a clear plastic mould is clipped.
A plastic amplifying unit with a metal clip for attachment to wearer's clothing; volume and tone controls at top; a fine cord connects to a plastic earpiece onto which a clear plastic mould is clipped.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mrs. Joseph Dunbar of Guelph, Ont.
Dates
1950
circa 1950
Material
plastic: cream; pink; clear
metal: silver
Inscriptions
On amplifying unit: "Duratron".
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E3-17
Dimension Notes
Length 9.9 cm x Width 6.2 cm x Depth 2.4 cm
Condition Remarks
Unit is cracked from pressure of metal clip, and in upper left-hand corner where owner has repaired it with sticky tape; #2: Rubber requires special treatment
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
JPG
Reference Comments
CD #UHN
Research Facts
One of a set of hearing aids bought by the donor between the early 1930s and 1962; in 1962, she stopped using aids after an operation that replaced her inner ear tube with a teflon tube; the surgery was performed at the McGregor Clinic in Hamilton, Ontario.