General Information

Serial #

800699

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

control unit

Patents

N/A

General Description

Polished aluminum case

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

7.6 cm

Width

3.5 cm

Height

1.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Assistive technologies

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Zenith

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

"Pursuing its famed crusade to lower the cost of better hearing, zenith provides true quality at money saving prices. An example is the new Zenith "50-X", offering a combination of features not found in other hearing aids, even those selling at $250 and $300. Yet it's priced at only $50 complete. Operates for only about ten cents a week."1 Zenith Hearing Aids are one of the rare electrical or mechanical products which sold in Canada for the same price as in the U.S.A.2

Function

To amplify sounds for individual hearing.

Technical

This particular model had a 4-transitor amplifier and tone control.3

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"ZENITH" incised on one side of casing; "Zenith [registered trademark symbol]/ "50-X"/ the royalty of hearing", "0800699", "LOUDER" and "HIGH/LOW/OFF" incised on reverse.

Missing

Appears to be complete

Finish

Polished silver metal casing.

Decoration

N/A