A pipe designed to communicate sounds to the deaf, being used by a man. Photograph by the Associated Press, 197- (?).

London (83-86 Farringdon Street, London E.C.4) : The Associated Press Ltd., [between 1970 and 1979?]

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 23.4 x 17.9 cm

Hearing pipe. Not for smokers, but for deaf people, this odd-looking pipe introduced by French chemist Andre Lantz ... A vibrator at the far end of the pipe transmits sound vibrations to the smoker's tooth. The vibrations are then relayed through the bone structure to the ear . X.12077 23107Cat. Associated Press photo, from London. AP feature photos

Wellcome Collection 2141825i