Beltone "Hear-N-See" Eyeglass Hearing Aid
The Beltone "Hear-N-See" eyeglass hearing aids,
made by Beltone Electronics Corporation of Chicago, appeared on the
market in 1956.
Each thick temple piece was about 6" long and ¾" by ½" in width and
depth and was able to house a three transistor
hearing aid, receiver and microphone. Thus, these eyeglass hearing aids
could be configured for one ear or
both ears.
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The top picture shows a dual hearing aid—one hearing aid in each
temple piece. The picture at the right shows a single hearing aid in the
left temple piece. The other temple piece is a "dummy".
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View of the underside of the Beltone Hear-N-See temple piece showing the
volume control (lower left) and the nubbin for attaching the ear mold
tube (upper right).
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View of the inside of the Beltone Hear-N-See temple piece showing the
battery compartment with "Beltone" on its cover. Notice the
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View of the inside of the Beltone Hear-N-See temple piece with the
battery compartment cover opened showing the No. 625 (or No. 630)
battery.
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The front view of the
"Hear-N-See" single aid. The actual hearing aid is in the left temple
piece. The right temple piece is a "dummy" meant to look the same.
Notice that these glasses have thin wire rims. |
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The back view of the "Hear-N-See" single aid. The serial
number on this aid was 36271.
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View of the underside of the temple-piece of the Beltone "Hear-N-See"
eyeglass hearing aid showing the serial number (39052) (upper left) and
the volume control (lower right). The
placement and size of the serial number on the underside of the temple piece
wasn't consistent as shown here and in the two following pictures.
On this Hear-N-See aid the serial number was mid-way between the front and
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Close-up view of the serial number of the Beltone "Hear-N-See"
eyeglass hearing aid showing the placement of the serial number (57004)
at the very front of the temple-piece.
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This Hear-N-See (serial number 760675 was also about mid-way between the
front and the volume control but used larger, sloppy numbers.
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This pair of pictures shows the dual "Hear-N-See" hearing aid.
There is a separate hearing aid built into each of the temple pieces.
Notice that these glasses have thick black rims. |
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The four holes in a square pattern at the ends of each temple piece are
the microphone openings. Early models of the Hear-N-See had
microphones with 4 holes (serial numbers up to 40,000 or so). This pair
had serial numbers 22059 and 23502.
Later models had one hole (serial numbers above 57,000).
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Later models of the Beltone Hear-N-See eyeglass hearing aids had a one-hole
microphone port (left center) (serial numbers above 57,000). This
Hear-N-See had serial number 57004.
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This Beltone Hear-N-See eyeglass hearing aid had a one-hole
microphone port (center right). Its serial number was 760675.
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A Beltone "Hear-N-See" hearing aid in its original box. This was the
single model.
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Outside view of the original box for the Beltone "Hear-N-See" hearing aids.
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