06/09/2026
Tidbit Tuesday:
Miller Reese Hutchison labored hours of research and development and eventually his efforts lead to the Invention of the first portable, electrical hearing aid called the “Akouphone.” He obtained a patent for this device in 1895. Hutchinson continued to improve the device, patenting the “Akouophon” in 1898. Their fist commercial product, the Akoulallion was a carbon table model hearing aid with up to three sets of earphones. A limited number of units were sold by the Akouphone Company of Alabama at $400 (about $12,000 in today’s funds). About 1900, this instrument was completely remodeled as the Akouphone, a much more practical, portable instrument consisting of a double carbon microphone set at right angles, an earphone, and a 6 volt storage battery carried in a rubber case.
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