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For the first time in his life The first electric hearing aid, the
Acousticon, had been patented in 1901. It was an unwieldy apparatus with a telephone-type receiver held to the ear and a large housing for batteries about the size of a large portable radio or a big lunch box.
The first hearing aid designed to be worn on the person was the
Amplivox, introduced in London in 1935, which weighed two-and-a- half pounds. It is uncertain whether either of these is one of those mentioned by Hill.
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As this chapter was Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936) was the most famous contralto of her generation, noted for her big, robust voice.
Born in Lieben, Germany, she was selected at age 15 to sing the contralto part in Beethoven’s
Ninth Symphony in Graz. Following a successful career in Europe, she made her US. debut in 1899 at the
Metropolitan Opera as Ortrud in Wagner’s
Lohengrun. She headlined there until 1932. She died in Hollywood in 1936 during
the time Hill was writing Think and Grow Rich!Chapter 2 FAITH Visualization and the Attainment of Desire
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