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Röhrenaudiometer/Röhrengerät

English translation: (vacuum) tube hearing aid; thermionic (valve) audiometer

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German term or phrase:Röhrenaudiometer/Röhrengerät
English translation:(vacuum) tube hearing aid; thermionic (valve) audiometer
Entered by: Eckhard Boehle

11:40 Mar 23, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / hearing aids
German term or phrase: Röhrenaudiometer/Röhrengerät
No context apart from:
1907: Import der ersten Hörgeräte mit Kohlemikrofonen aus Deutschland und der ersten Röhrengeräte aus Amerika
1090. Import der ersten Röhrenaudiometer aus Amerika

would "tube-shaped hearing aids" and "tube-shaped audiometers" be correct?
silvia glatzhofer
Local time: 10:52
(vacuum) tube OR thermionic (valve) audiometer
Explanation:
... these things should be called.
like "vacuum tube amplifier" or "thermionic valve amplifier"
Didn't find direct references in the internet, but this is perhaps due to the fact that these gadgets are so obsolete.
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Eckhard Boehle
Germany
Local time: 10:52
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danke schön
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1(vacuum) tube OR thermionic (valve) audiometer
Eckhard Boehle
4 +1Not for points
Trudy Peters


  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Röhrenaudiometer/Röhrengerät
(vacuum) tube OR thermionic (valve) audiometer


Explanation:
... these things should be called.
like "vacuum tube amplifier" or "thermionic valve amplifier"
Didn't find direct references in the internet, but this is perhaps due to the fact that these gadgets are so obsolete.

Eckhard Boehle
Germany
Local time: 10:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 98
Grading comment
danke schön

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oliver Walter: Röhrengerät = (thermionic) valve hearing aid [in this context]; similarly, valve audiometer ["(thermionic) valve" in UK, "(vacuum) tube" in USA] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/medical/ENT/objects.htm has picture of valve hearing aid
1 hr
  -> Thank you very much, Oliver, for this really informative website!
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Röhrenaudiometer/Röhrengerät
Not for points


Explanation:
Check out the website below. It's a historical overview of the development of hearing aids.

Talks about vacuum tube hearing aids, but couldn't find audiometers

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Note added at 37 mins (2004-03-23 12:18:30 GMT)
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If you enter \"hearing aids\" +audiometer +\"vacuum tube\" in Google, you get several very informative sites.


    Reference: http://www.lhh.org/archives/hamuseum.htm
Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 04:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 147

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eckhard Boehle: "vacuum tube hearing aid" - yes!
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