Talk:History of hearing aids

Rein (ca 1812-96) was not in London until 1834/5

The section that claims Rein was making hearing devices in London from 1800 is wrong... based on Berger's Hear Aid book. Rein was born circa 1812/13 in Germany & was not in London until the 1830s. I researched this carefully a few years ago.

I can also find NO evidence that the king of Portugal was deaf. All the 'evidence' is web based & goes back to Berger's book which in turn borrows it seems from Goldstein's 1935 book. The 'acoustic throne' was a chair probably of limited actual use, more for display in his shop.

Also note he was NOT the first.

See this blog I wrote in 2016 http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/library-rnid/2016/11/11/acoustic-instrument-makers-in-the-strand-acoustic-thrones-frederick-charles-rein-son/ Would someone please update this as I cannot because I did the research & wrote the blog.HStiles1 (talk) 09:06, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Found a source that seems useful

Hello all - I found a source covering hearing aids that seems useful for this article:

{{cite web |url=http://psyche.co/ideas/lets-use-bold-beautiful-hearing-aids-to-celebrate-deafness |title=Let's use bold, beautiful hearing aids to celebrate deafness |last=Virdi |first=Jaipreet |date=28 April 2021 |website=psyche.co |publisher=Psyche |language=en |access-date=9 May 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.today/2021.05.03-095217/https://psyche.co/ideas/lets-use-bold-beautiful-hearing-aids-to-celebrate-deafness |archive-date=3 May 2021}} (to save you the time of writing out the citation format yourself)

The article covers the history of hearing aid design - by design, their outward appearance, and how this has tied into notions of a discreet, "invisible" appearance from the very inception of the modern hearing aid. It ties in references throughout history, from British Pathé films showing hearing aids in the 1950s, to former designer Graham Pullin's 2009 book Design Meets Disability, wherein he argues "that the design priority for medical devices has 'been less about projecting a positive image than about trying not to project an image at all'".

Anyway, I found it useful, detailed and enlightening, as a look into how, outside of their construction and engineering, the design of a hearing aid interacts with and contributes to notions of disability and deafness. I haven't the time to work out how to work this into the article myself, but if someone would do so, I'd be grateful. --Ineffablebookkeeper (talk) 10:18, 9 May 2021 (UTC)