Conny Model CH-101 Transistor (Body) Hearing Aid
This Conny Model CH-101 transistor body hearing aid was made by Conny
Industrial Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan in 1961 and distributed in the USA
by Dunaj Import-Export of Chicago, IL.
The Model CH-101 measured
2" x " x 7/16" (6.7 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm)
and weighed 1.1 oz (32 g) without the battery. The case was light gold-colored
anodized aluminum.
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Top left view of the Conny Model CH-101 transistor body hearing aid.
This hearing aid was rather unusual in that there were no controls on
the top.
Note the elegant diamond-shaped microphone grill comprised of four
smaller diamond shapes with a blue grill cloth behind.
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The back of the Conny Model CH-101 transistor body hearing aid showing
the attractive pocket clip.
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View of the right side of the Conny Model CH-101 transistor body hearing aid showing the
"MIC/TEL" (microphone/t-coil) switch in the "MIC" position (left center)
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Left side view of the Conny Model CH-101 transistor body hearing aid
showing the receiver cord unplugged. Note the right "hole" is larger
than the left "hole" so you could not get the plug in backwards.
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Left side view of the Conny Model CH-101 transistor body hearing aid
showing the receiver cord plugged in. Note the country of origin (Japan)
stamped into the case (upper right).
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Inside view of the Conny Model CH-101 transistor
body hearing aid showing the top side of the printed circuit board. Note that this was a 3-transistor aid. (The
transistors are the three white "cans" on the printed circuit
board (center). The microphone is covered by the foam (left). The
black wheel is the volume control (center). The green plastic battery
compartment is on the right.
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Inside view of the Conny Model CH-101 transistor
body hearing aid showing the bottom side of the printed circuit board.
The large gray diagonal coil (center) is the t-coil.
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Bottom of the Conny Model CH-101 transistor
body hearing aid showing the green pull-out battery compartment door.
The name "Conny" was written in blue script on the bottom front.
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Bottom view of the Conny Model CH-101 transistor
body hearing aid with the green battery compartment pulled out. This
hearing aid took an unusual-sized battery that was exactly 15 mm in
diameter. (I cannot find any record of such a battery.)
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The battery holder of the Conny Model CH-101 transistor
body hearing aid had to be pulled all the way out so you could replace the battery. It took a
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Rear view of the receiver of the Conny Model CH-101 transistor body
hearing aid showing the name "Conny" in script. The receiver cord is
shown plugged into the bottom.
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Side view of the receiver of the Conny Model CH-101 transistor body
hearing aid showing the receiver cord plug. Note that the pins on the
plug were unusually long. |
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Front view of the receiver of the Conny Model CH-101 transistor body
hearing aid showing the standard ear-tip.
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