Ear Tubes (pink plastic)
These flesh-colored plastic ear tubes were supposedly for expanding the ear
canals of people with tiny ear canals.
The manufacturer and date of manufacture is unknown, but it appears
they may be from the 1940s.
These ear tubes are only ½" high and 7/16" in diameter at the
bottom.
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Views of the ear tubes from the small and large ends. Note that there
was a plastic membrane in each of these ear tubes. The one on the right
shows what remains of this damaged membrane. Since the membrane appears
to be solid, it would act somewhat like an artificial ear drum, and at
the same time keep foreign things out of the ear canal.
It is doubtful they did anything much to help existing hearing. |
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The pink plastic ear tubes in their original box.
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Outside view of the box containing the pink plastic ear tubes. The box
measured 1⅞" x 1¼" x ⅝".
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