Beltone

“The early American hearing-aid retailer that put fitting on Main Street.”

A hearing aid in a storefront, 1940.

Beltone built a dealer network for hearing aids before Miracle-Ear's postwar franchise boom. It is the prehistory of hearing as retail.

Opened hearing-aid dealerships as a national trade.

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SIC

3842

Orthopedic, Prosthetic, and Surgical Appliances and Supplies

NAICS

334510

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing