M0018441: Small silver hearing aid, Paris

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Small hearing aid of silver, Paris

Photograph of a silver hearing aid mounted on the head of a walking stick. The maker's inscription, almost obliterated, gives an address in Paris. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1961 (accession number R1/1961).

February 1961

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.