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The first electronic hearing aid, called the "Telephone-Transmitter", was invented in 1903 by Miller Reese Hutchinson and Willard S. Mears. However it weighed more than sixteen pounds and was bulky and cumbersome to use. The first wearable hearing aid, weighing only 2.5 pounds, was invented by A. Edwin Steven in 1935.
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