Record 157 · Health · 1940
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Beltone
Beltone
“The early American hearing-aid retailer that put fitting on Main Street.”
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.
- Dealer fitting network
- In-office hearing retail
- Mid-century hearing brand
A hearing aid in a storefront, 1940.
