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Horn shaped ear trumpet
Hearing aids of varying designs have been used since the 1500s to help people who are hard of hearing. This polished piece of hollow horn was an ingenious hearing trumpet. The tip is inserted into the ear canal. The natural shape of the horn acts as a trumpet. It ‘catches’ and amplifies sound to the ear drum. The effectiveness of the horn as a hearing aid is unknown. However, it was a novel and ec…
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- ear trumpet
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- ear trumpet
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Science Museum, London
Source
- L0065052
Identifier
- L0065052
- Science Museum A138052
- s52dnhk2
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:29:45.405Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:29:45.405Z