Wangaratta Audiology Antique Hearing Aid Collection

A small selection from our Antique Head Aid collection spanning 100 years from the mid-1800’s to the mid-1900’s:

  • ear trumpets
  • conversation tubes
  • early electric desk-bound hearing aids
  • “portable” electric hearing aids
  • valve powered hearing aids
  • miniaturised valve hearing aids
  • early transistor powered hearing aids
  • later transistor powered hearing aids
  • semi-modern analogue hearing aids
  • antique and vintage otoscopes
  • mechanical audiometers
  • many hundreds of items on show in the Clinic
  • visit to see the full range

Brunton2

Brunton otoscope transportation case

Banjo-type-ear-dome

Made from 1890’s onwards. Materials such as brass, silver, wood and copper were used.

Conversation-Tube

Used to amplify sounds from 1890’s – 1930’s. (later in some countries) Silk thread around the rubber tapered tube. Came in a variety of lengths.

Silverstone

Micronic

Ear-dome-pair

A pair of large and small “London Dome” passive type ear trumpet – made from the 1880’s until relatively recent times. Sizes are small = 50mm x 40mm large = 90mmx50mm while even larger models were produced.

bosch

Weiss1

Ear-Trumpet

Acousticon1

Rayovac

sonotone-600

Bell-Croydon

Conny

National Acoustics Laboratory

“Body style Hearing Aid” supplied to Australian pensioners

National otoscope

National otoscope made for medical inspection of the ear canal and associated parts. c-1915 – c1940. Used in the armed forces and others.

zenith-small

Weiss2

Brunton1

Brunto otoscope or auroscope was used for observation and surgery of middle ears and ear drum. Made from c.1860s – c.1930’s

Headband-trumpet

Commonwealth of Australia

Body Aids supplied to pensioners and returned servicemen and women

Concerto

sonotone-audicle

Globe-ear

Ear-Dome

“London Dome” type ear trumpet made from the 1880’s until relatively recent times.