the first hearing aids were created in the 1500s

It is uncertain who invented the first electric hearing aid, it may have been the Akoulathon, invented in 1898, but hearing aids in general, are an old concept. In the older days hearing aids were simply big, bulky, mechanical devices, such as trumpets and etc.

The first hearing aids were made in the 1500s out of wood so nobody really knows who invented them. They looked like the human ear. By the 19th century, hearing aids were sold in many parts of the world as consumer products. However, the hearing aids of those times were affordable only by the upper class.

It is uncertain who invented the first electric hearing aid, it may have been the Akoulathon, invented in 1898 by Miller Reese Hutchinson and made and sold (1901) by the Akouphone Company of Alabama for $400.

The first non electronic hearing aid was invented in the 17th century, and the first electronic hearing aid was invented in 1898. There are now digital hearing aids since the year 1996.

The first hearing aids were made in the 1500s out of wood so nobody really knows who invented them. They looked like the human ear. By the 19th century, hearing aids were sold in many parts of the world as consumer products. However, the hearing aids of those times were affordable only by the upper class.