Other Resources

"Deafness in Disguise" Bibliography

Hearing Device Collections

Online Exhibits of Hearing Devices

Online Exhibits and Resources about Medical Artifacts

Online Resources on Deafness and Hearing Impairment

Hearing Aid Manufacturers' Pamphlets and Brochures from the 1940s & 1950s:

Beltone — "New Discoveries to Help the Deaf Hear ... " (1950)
Rochester Hearing Aids — "What You Should Know about Hearing Aids" (1950)
Sonotone — "Fashion: Your Passport to Poise" (1950)
Sonotone — "Better Hearing Styled for Men" (1950)
Zenith — "Learn Again to Hear" (1945)

Hearing Device Collections

The following individuals and institutions have hearing devices collections. Some of the institutions possess distinct collections of devices; others have many devices within their general collections. Not all repositories are open to the general public, however. Please contact each repository for more information about its collection.

Akademie Für Hörgeräte-Akustik (Institution of the Federal Guild of Hearing Aid Acousticians)
(Lübeck, Germany)

Alexander Graham Bell Association – Volta Bureau
(Washington, D.C.)

Amplivox/Ultratone Collection (formerly Amplivox Museum)
(United Kingdom)
Roger Sabine

The Baldwin Collection at Western Michigan University – Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Western Michigan University
(Kalamazoo, Michigan)
Richard Baldwin, Ed.D.
Patty Baldwin, M.S.
Harold Bate, Ph.D.

British Museum of Science
(London, England)

British Society of Audiology Museum at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
(Reading, England)

Bund Schweizerischer Schwerhorigenverein
(Switzerland)

Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum
(Ingolstadt, Germany)

Deutsches Museum
(München, Germany)

Hor-Center
(Gossau, Switzerland)

The Smithsonian Institution
(Washington, D.C.)
Contact person: Judy Chelnick

The Roy F. Sullivan Private Collection
(Garden City, New York)
Roy F. Sullivan, Ph.D.

Stichting Historische (includes the collection of Arnoud Beem)
Beter Horen
Hoortoestellen Nederland
Contact Person: Anton Veraart

Thackray Museum, (Collection donated by Lord Stevens of Ludgate, son of the founder of Amplivox)
(Leeds, England)
Contact person: Joanne Stewardson, Senior Curator

The Touma Collection – Touma Medical Museum
(Huntington, West Virginia)
Dr. Joseph B. Touma, M.D.

Online Exhibits of Hearing Devices

“Hearing Aids Through the Ages” – American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Hugh Hetherington On-line Hearing Aid Museum

The Kenneth Berger Hearing Aid Museum and Archives at Kent State University

The Oticon Eriksholm Museum (in Italian)

Otorinolaringologia (in Italian)

Siemens Audiologie (in French)

Online Exhibits and Resources about Medical Artifacts

Dittrick Medical History Center Artifacts – Case Western Reserve University

Greek and Roman Surgical Instruments – Indiana University

Historical Anaesthetic Equipment from a Catalogue of Surgical Equipment published in London, England, in 1930

Microscopes – Moody Medical Library (University of Texas Medical Branch)

Museum of Questionable Medical Devices Online

Collection of Obstetrical Instruments -- Cushing/Whitney Medical Library (Yale University)

OB-GYN Instrument Collection -- Mutter Museum (College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Phisick Antique Medical Collection

The following web sites are primarily devoted to the buying and selling of items. However, all contain several images of antique medical devices and several include historical and educational material.

Antique Medicine Bottle Hall of Fame

Antique Scientifica

Antique Scientific Instruments

American Artifacts: Scientific Medical and Mechanical Antiques

Collect Medical Antiques

Medical Antiques.com

Medical Antiques Online

Online Resources on Deafness and Hearing Impairment

Acoustical Society of America

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

American Academy of Audiology

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery