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The Hearing Aid Museum |
Hearing Aids of all types—Ear
Trumpets, Carbon Hearing Aids, Vacuum Tube Hearing Aids,
Transistor Hearing Aids, Body Hearing Aids, Eyeglass Hearing
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Body Type Transistor Hearing Aids |
Willco "Monarch" EL-PC Transistor (Body) Hearing Aid
The Willco "Monarch" EL-PC transistor hearing aid was manufactured by
Willco Horgerate GmbH. of Germany in 1966.
This hearing aid measured 2¾" x 2⅛" x ¾" thick.
The cord and receiver (earpiece) are shown to the right. The ear mold
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The top of the Monarch EL-PC showing the microphone (left), the
volume control (top right) and the t-coil switch (below the volume
control). It had 3 positions—"T" t-coil only, "TM" t-coil and microphone
at the same time, and "M" microphone only.
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The battery compartment showing two No. 1015 (AA size) batteries (right).
On the left are two "screwdriver" controls. The tone (center left) could
be set to L (low), N (normal) and H (high). The power output (bottom
left) could be set to any value between the minimum and maximum to fit
the person's specific hearing loss.
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