Anniversary Exhibition Will Chart Technology Innovation

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An Exeter business which specialises in hearing aids and audio protection, is marking its 170th year with an exhibition charting its history. Broom Reid & Harris began as a pharmacy and opticians in 1841, expanding into photographic services before establishing a market for the first electronic hearing aids, in 1924.

The business, which was acquired by husband and wife team Curtis and Rowan Alcock, in 2008, is now a dedicated hearing care practice, based in the city's Guildhall Shopping Centre.

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Anniversary Exhibition Will Chart Technology Innovation

The company initially began selling hearing aids as a spin-out from its optician services in the 1920s; cumbersome contraptions that were regarded at the time as little more tha...

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