Weilaphone Telephone Device
The Weilaphone was an assistive device marketed in
the 1910s and 1920s as a hands free device for use with the candlestick
telephones of the era.
It was strictly an acoustic device--that is it just used air
conduction and was similar in principle to our medical stethoscopes of
today.
Here is an ad
for the Weilaphone. Notice that in 1919, the Weilaphone sold for
$10.00.
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The base of the Weilaphone was placed against the phone receiver (ear
piece).
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The ear tips were inserted into the ears to hear with both ears. |
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The receiver unit of the candlestick phone was placed on the base of
the Weilaphone and the stethoscope ear tips permitted hands free use of
the phone, as well as, giving the user binaural hearing. It was also
very useful for the hard of hearing to use with the telephone to reduce
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The Weilaphone showing how it was used with the typical phone of the
day. You placed the base of the Weilaphone on the table and sat the
receiver on top of it, put the stethoscope ear tips in your ears, picked
up the phone base and talked into the mouthpiece.
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