Hugh Hetherington Hearing Aid Museum
Hugh Hetherington Hearing Aid Museum

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Eyeglass Style Transistor Hearing Aids: 1954-1990

Electronika AC-K Bone-Conduction Eyeglass Hearing Aid

The Electronika AC-K bone conducting hearing aid was manufactured in Russia in 1988.

 

 

 

 

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It is a single bone-conducting aid with a dummy temple to match the hearing aid and a compartment for a spare rechargeable battery in the dummy temple.


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A close-up showing the bone-conduction transducer an the end of the temple piece. This sat on the mastoid bone (the bump behind your ear) and vibrated in response to sounds entering the microphone.

 

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The underside of the left temple piece showing the on-off switch (left), the microphone port (round black dot just to the right of it), and the volume control (in the middle of the temple piece).

 

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The Electronika AC-K hearing aid had a rechargeable battery. The battery charger is shown at the right.

 

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The Electronika AC-K bone-conduction hearing aid in its carrying case.

 

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View of the outside of the carrying case when it is closed.

 

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The carrying case comes packaged in a colorful cardboard box that says "Slookhovoy Apparat" or "hearing apparatus."

 

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A view of the front of the specification manual that came with the Electronika AC-K hearing aid.

 


 

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