Pinna Insert (small)
This silver ear insert device is about 1" in length. The
inventor may have
thought that the shape of the tube would enhance sound, but this is
extremely doubtful. This little ear insert may have been useful in opening up a collapsed
ear canal. It probably dates to sometime around 1840.
This is the
front view—what you would see looking into a person's ear.
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This is the small pinna insert looking at if from the back.
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Here is a comparison of the large pinna insert beside the small one.
This is the view from the front.
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Here is a comparison of the large pinna insert beside the small one with
a ruler for comparison.
This is the view from the front.
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