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

Ear-Trumpet

Commonwealth of Australia

Body Aids supplied to pensioners and returned servicemen and women

National Acoustics Laboratory

“Body style Hearing Aid” supplied to Australian pensioners

Ear-Dome

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

Concerto

Acousticon1

Brunton2

Brunton otoscope transportation case

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.

sonotone-600

Silverstone

Rayovac

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.

Globe-ear

sonotone-audicle

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.

Weiss2

Weiss1

Banjo-type-ear-dome

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

bosch

zenith-small

Headband-trumpet

Brunton1

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