Hearing aids and the history of electronics miniaturization

Mara Mills

doi:10.1109/MAHC.2011.43

Hearing aids and the history of electronics miniaturization

Mara Mills

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Abstract

Electrical hearing aids were the principal site for component miniaturization and compact assembly before World War II. After the war, hearing aid users became the first consumer market for printed circuits, transistors, and integrated circuits. Due to the stigmatization of hearing loss, users generally demanded small or invisible devices. In addition to being early adopters, deaf and hard of hearing people were often the inventors, retailers, and manufacturers of miniaturized electronics.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	5771310
Pages (from-to)	24-44
Number of pages	21
Journal	IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2011.43
State	Published - Apr 2011

Keywords

assistive technologies
disability studies
hearing aids
history of computing
history of computing hardware
history of technology
microelectronics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science
History and Philosophy of Science

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