Medical Antiques > Medical Therapeutic Instruments

A 19th Century Brass Ear Horn to aid the deaf.

Item#: MET1147

SOLD

 

A 19th Century Brass Ear Horn to aid the deaf. - click to enlarge.

Brass Ear Trumpet Hearing Aid. The ear trumpet consists of a cylinder 8 cm long, an external L shaped brass-hearing tube is inserted inside the cylinder into an inverted funnel that flares out facing into the cylinder. This type of acoustic arrangement strongly resonates in the speech frequency.
Related Items