Hearing Aid Museum

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

650

Date Released

8 Jun 1967

Date recorded

16 May 1967

Length of issue (in feet)

676

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Hearing Aid Museum
2. 2Anti Locust Research

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

Pathe synopsis: A hundred years ago deaf people disguised their hearing-aids as Grecian urns full of flowers or as fans, walking sticks and what-have-you. One hearing aid made for the King of Portugal was a throne with resonators in the arms and lions’ open mouths at the end of them acting as ear-trumpets. London craftsmen pioneered hearing-aids and we see the the whole history of their work in a unique museum which contains those that were used by Queen Victoria, Mr Gladstone and Sir Winston Churchill as well as the modern, transistorised aids which, complete with batteries, can be concealed in your ears.

Keywords

Health and medicine; History and archaeology

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

248

Story extras:

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