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Type of Object
Hearing aid
Date of Manufacture
1900-1910
Physical Details
Long cloth-covered coiled speaking tube with two openings. Speaking end has a bell shaped opening, and listening end has an opening similar to the earpiece on a stethoscope or related tool, consisting of a slightly curved approach to a small opening meant to be inserted in the listener's ear.
Dimensions
5 cm. x 107 cm. x 5 cm.
Medical Subject
Hearing Aids
Accession Number
1982.62
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Speaking Tube, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00035.jpg