Deafness Collection

Man with Ear Trumpet C18
Man with ear trumpet. (James Hutton, founder of the Moravian Church in Britain)

Beethovens Hearing Aids
Selection of ear trumpets (which once belonged to Beethoven)

Blodgetts Hearing Aid
Diagrams to show Blodgetts micro-audiphone hearing aid and how it is inserted into the ear

Deaf Cyclist
This cyclist is wearing a sandwich board reading beware, I am deaf

Learning Sign Language
A class of young women learning sign language at a school for the deaf

Deaf and Dumb School, Palayamkottai, India
C. E. Z. (Church of England Zenana Missionary Society) Deaf and Dumb School, Palamcottah (now Palayamkottai in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu), India. Deaf and Dumb children learning to talk

DEAF & DUMB ALPHABET DEAF & DUMB ALPHABET
The deaf and dumb sign language alphabet, as defined by the Royal National Institute for the Deaf, Britain. Date: 1960s

Comic postcard, Deaf old lady misunderstanding Date: 20th century

Advert for D. H Wilsons deafness 1902
Wilsons common-sense ear-drums, deafness and head noises relieved. 1902

Man Hard of Hearing / 1881
Illustration showing how our sensory faculties deteriorate with age: in this case, our hearing Date: 1881

E. Thorp Hicks with his sound educator for helping the deaf
The inventor of the Sound educator, Mr E. Thorp Hincks, pictured with his invention which subjected the ear to the recurrence of sounds whose pitch

Syphilis may cause heart trouble, blindness, deafness, mental disorders Have your blood tested. Poster promoting blood tests for syphilis. Date between 1936 and 1941

Shepherd bellows into horses ear
Rather Hard of Hearing A young Shepherd fails to get the message across to his trusty steed, who appears to be stone deaf. Date: circa 1910s

Electric brush
A detailed advertisement from 1883 for Dr. Scotts Electric Hair Brush, claiming to cure a variety of ills, from headaches to deafness, baldness to a weary brain

Pneumatic Drill
A man with curly dark hair using a pneumatic drill to dig up an old pavement

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