Masking device

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OBJECT TYPE: aural
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0427.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: Barany's noise apparatus
Patents: N/A
General Description: Bright silver metal finish. Ivory colour synthetic (?) membrane visible.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 7.0 cm
Width: 6.3 cm
Height: 4.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Nova Scotia
Period: Used in mid 20th c.
Canada: PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF MEDICAL ARTIFACTS, ARCHIVAL MATERIAL & TRADE LITERATURE TRANSFERRED FROM UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. Originally owned & used by Dr. Tom P. Morley.
Function: Produces a broad frequency noise which 'masks' or distracts individual from tinnitus.
Technical: Hand-held device routinely used to distract tinnitus sufferers from ringing or buzzing in ears. A hearing -aid like version, worn behind the ear, is also available. The ring tab on the casing is used as a winding key: depressing the raised button located near the diaphragm housing activates the buzzer. According to original accession notes this device was used to test hearing in one ear. (ref. 2)(
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "1998.10.4" printed by hand in black ink on lower edge of casing.
Missing: None.
Finish: Bright silver metal finish. Ivory colour synthetic (?) membrane visible.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Masking device, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2002.0427, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2002.0427.001/

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