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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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. © 2011 IEEE.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Sound Studies Reader
Editors	Jonathan Sterne
Publisher	Routledge
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2011.43
State	Published - 2012

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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