Fidelity Model F-360 Transistor (Body) Hearing Aid
The Fidelity Model F-360 body style transistor hearing aid was manufactured by Viennatone in Austria and distributed in North America under the trade
name of "Fidelity" by Fidelity
Electronics Ltd of Miami, Florida.
The Model F-360 was was probably a 3-transistor model and contained a
t-coil. It was made in 1967. The equivalent Viennatone model was
probably the X3 model.
The Fidelity model F-360 was the basic version of the model
F-364 which had more features.
This hearing aid measured 2 7/16" high x 1 13/16" wide x
11/16" thick. (6.2 x 4.6 x 1.7 cm) and weighed 2 oz. (56 g) without
the battery.
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Top view of the Fidelity Model F-360 body
style transistor hearing aid showing the 3-position tone control—L—low
frequency emphasis, N—normal and H—high-frequency emphasis (upper left),
the 3-position switch for O—off, M—microphone only mode and T—t-coil only
mode (lower left), the rectangular
microphone grill (center) and the 1-9 position volume control (right).
Note: the model F-360 had a dark brown top while the model F-364 had a
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View of the upper left side of the Fidelity Model F-360 body
style transistor hearing aid showing the model number (F-360).
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View of the upper right side of the Fidelity Model F-360 body
style transistor hearing aid showing the serial number (309806).
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Lower left side view of the Fidelity Model F-360 body style
transistor hearing aid showing the receiver cord plugged into the
receiver cord jack. As you can see here, the front and back of this
hearing air were plain. The wire pocket clip is missing.
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View of the lower left side of the Fidelity Model F-360 body
style transistor hearing aid showing the receiver cord plug and jack.
Note that one hole and one pin are larger so you can only plug it in
with the correct polarity.
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Bottom view of the Fidelity Model F-360 body
style transistor hearing aid showing the pull-off battery door and
labeled "FIDELITY" on the left edge.
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View of the Fidelity Model F-360 body style transistor hearing aid
with the battery door pulled off revealing the battery compartment.
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Close-up view of the battery compartment of the Fidelity Model F-360 body
style transistor hearing aid. This hearing aid took a 1.4 mercury "N"
cell such as the
Duracell RM-401H mercury battery.
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View of the back of the receiver of the Fidelity Model F-360 body
style transistor hearing aid.
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View of the side of the receiver of the Fidelity Model F-360 body
style transistor hearing aid showing the two-pronged plug and jack. Note
that the jack had different sized holes so the cord couldn't be plugged
in wrongly.
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View of the front of the receiver of the Fidelity Model F-360 body
style transistor hearing aid.
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