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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... to renovated factory around the corner built environment - commercial ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken May 1996: View of interior: office partitioning from balcony, looking south toward entrancebuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... to renovated factory around the corner built environment - commercial ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken May 1996: View of interior: office partitioning from balcony, looking southwestbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... the corner built environment - commercial business and traders ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken May 1996: View of interior: office partitioning from ground levelbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... to renovated factory around the corner built environment - commercial ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken May 1996: View of interior: detail of office door showing recurring motif of circle and squarebuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... the corner built environment - commercial business and traders ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken May 1996: View of interior: detail of front stairway wallbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... built environment - commercial business and traders - soaps ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken May 1996: View of interior: detail of architravebuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... environment - commercial business and traders - soaps/candles david ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken May 1996: View of interior: 1940 memorial plaque erected by employees in memory of Frederick William Kitchenbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... built environment - commercial business and traders - soaps ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken May 1996: View of interior: detail of architravebuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... built environment - commercial business and traders - soaps ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken May 1996: View of interior: detail of balcony railingbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... the corner built environment - commercial business and traders ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken July 1996: View of interior: detail of Chief Executive's officebuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... to renovated factory around the corner built environment - commercial ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken July 1996: View of buildingbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... the corner built environment - commercial business and traders ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken July 1996: View of interior: detail of Chief Executive's officebuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... to renovated factory around the corner built environment - commercial ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken July 1996: View of buildingbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... to renovated factory around the corner built environment - commercial ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken July 1996: View of buildingbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... to renovated factory around the corner built environment - commercial ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken July 1996: View of buildingbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... to renovated factory around the corner built environment - commercial ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo Unichema offices 164 Ingles Street (formerly J Kitchen & Sons) taken July 1996: View of entrancebuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Former Electrine Candle factory, Woodruff Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... factory around the corner built environment - commercial business ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo former Electrine Candle factory in Woodruff Street, structure to left under demolition; factory to be converted as new Unichema officesbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Former Electrine Candle factory, Woodruff Street, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, May 1996
... factory around the corner built environment - commercial business ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo former Electrine Candle factory in Woodruff Street, structure to left under demolition; factory to be converted as new Unichema officesbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Unichema offices, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, from across North Port Oval, David Thompson, May 1996
... to renovated factory around the corner built environment - commercial ...Photos taken prior to moving offices from 1920s building to renovated factory around the cornerColour photo of Unichema offices taken from across North Port Football Oval.built environment - commercial, business and traders - soaps/candles, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Pat Grainger, "They Can Carry Me Out", Jan 1992
In 1990 City Librarian Wendy MORRIS commissioned Pat GRAINGER to co-ordinate a State and Council funded oral history project, the final product of which was this book. It was printed in time for the 1992 Port Melbourne Festival."They Can Carry Me Out" - Memories of Port Melbourne Blue, perfect-bound paperback book with white title and black line conversion of photo of fishing boats in the Lagoon. 96 pp, published January 1992fishermans bend, education - primary schools, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - waterside workers, education - kindergartens, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - ferries, transport - shipping, garden city, mission to seafarers, transport - railways, transport - horse, built environment - civic, built environment - domestic, built environment - commercial, built environment - industrial, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, religion, arts and entertainment, livestock, sandridge lagoon, migrants, built environment - public housing, centenary bridge, local government - city of port melbourne, royal visits and occasions, police, sport - australian rules football, societies clubs unions and other organisations, natural environment, business and traders, hotels, war - world war ii, deaths and funerals, flood, domestic life, gasworks, health - general health, excelsior hall, public action campaigns, ada mary a'beckett kindergarten, wendy morris, pat grainger, g borer & co, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, mckenzies milkbar, galatos chocolates, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware, jack porritt, liardet family, porritts boot shop, vintage port worth preserving project, phyllis anderson, norman barry, david beazley, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, florence beazley, george beazley, brenda bedford, lettie bradley nee walsh, margaret bride nee polson, anne callaghan, beris campbell, tony cannatelli, john carroll, john cass, margaret couch nee smith, brian couldrey, delva crawford nee rees, 'buffie' rees, joan curtis, elvir dragovic, james edward earl, linda edman, jessie edwards, lisa edwards, trevor emmett, judy faram, doug faram, george faram, richard faram, thomas faram, allen faram, a g warren, james murdock, margaret mclean, minnie mclean, m b muir, susie fox, william gleeson, sylvia gleeson, arnold goetz, lilian 'lil' goss nee johnson, gladys gott nee mccabe, stan gravias, george henry (harry) gray, len greaney, charles hall, bertha harvey nee carey, r graham carey, mac hatfield, f patricia (pat) hawkins, tippo hayes, tom hills, bradley hinge, lloyd holmes, norah howard nee mallet, voula hronakis, lorna johnson, diane keating nee bradley, alison kelly, june kirby, bob knell, tommy lahiff, nicole lalande, bill lane, kathleen lane nee moore, j s lang, ron laing, beverley lewis, andy libbis, peter libbis, emily lock, may lowe nee irving, wendy lowenstein, micael lucas, ted mccarthy, laura mcgill nee irving, vin mcnamara, elsie median nee mccabe, maree menzel, marie mills, marlene mitchell nee sharp, david moloney, ari pipilikas, ada polson nee bellion, les profitt, ted rohan, elizabeth saunders, vanessa savvaidis, prudence sheil, chutathip silpiphat, voula skourakis, flo stark, ted tobin, thelma todd, barbara villani, erica wilson, harry bocquet, nott street state school, port melbourne library, port melbourne temperance hall, swallow & ariell ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Pat Grainger, "They Can Carry Me Out", Jan 1992
In 1990 City Librarian Wendy Morris commissioned Pat Grainger to co-ordinate a State and Council funded oral history project, the final product of which was a book printed in time for the 1992 Port Melbourne Festival. Having been sold out for two years, it was reprinted with funds from the City of Port Phillip Cultural Development fund just in time to be launched at the 2002 Festival launch held at Beacon Cove on a Yarra Tram, 22 March 2002.2002 reprint of "They Can Carry Me Out" - Memories of Port Melbourne Blue, perfect-bound paperback book with white title and black line conversion of photo of fishing boats in the Lagoon. 96 pp, reprinted March 2002fishermans bend, education - primary schools, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - waterside workers, education - kindergartens, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - ferries, transport - shipping, garden city, mission to seafarers, transport - railways, transport - horse, built environment - civic, built environment - domestic, built environment - commercial, built environment - industrial, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, religion, arts and entertainment, livestock, sandridge lagoon, migrants, built environment - public housing, centenary bridge, local government - city of port melbourne, royal visits and occasions, police, sport - australian rules football, societies clubs unions and other organisations, natural environment, business and traders, hotels, war - world war ii, deaths and funerals, flood, domestic life, gasworks, health - general health, excelsior hall, public action campaigns, ada mary a'beckett kindergarten, wendy morris, pat grainger, g borer & co, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, mckenzies milkbar, galatos chocolates, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware, jack porritt, liardet family, porritts boot shop, vintage port worth preserving project, phyllis anderson, norman barry, david beazley, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, florence beazley, george beazley, brenda bedford, lettie bradley nee walsh, margaret bride nee polson, anne callaghan, beris campbell, tony cannatelli, john carroll, john cass, margaret couch nee smith, brian couldrey, delva crawford nee rees, 'buffie' rees, joan curtis, elvir dragovic, james edward earl, linda edman, jessie edwards, lisa edwards, trevor emmett, judy faram, doug faram, george faram, richard faram, thomas faram, allen faram, a g warren, james murdock, margaret mclean, minnie mclean, m b muir, susie fox, william gleeson, sylvia gleeson, arnold goetz, lilian 'lil' goss nee johnson, gladys gott nee mccabe, stan gravias, george henry (harry) gray, len greaney, charles hall, bertha harvey nee carey, r graham carey, mac hatfield, f patricia (pat) hawkins, tippo hayes, tom hills, bradley hinge, lloyd holmes, norah howard nee mallet, voula hronakis, lorna johnson, diane keating nee bradley, alison kelly, june kirby, bob knell, tommy lahiff, nicole lalande, bill lane, kathleen lane nee moore, j s lang, ron laing, beverley lewis, andy libbis, peter libbis, emily lock, may lowe nee irving, wendy lowenstein, micael lucas, ted mccarthy, laura mcgill nee irving, vin mcnamara, elsie median nee mccabe, maree menzel, marie mills, marlene mitchell nee sharp, david moloney, ari pipilikas, ada polson nee bellion, les profitt, ted rohan, elizabeth saunders, vanessa savvaidis, prudence sheil, chutathip silpiphat, voula skourakis, flo stark, ted tobin, thelma todd, barbara villani, erica wilson, harry bocquet, nott street state school, port melbourne library, port melbourne temperance hall, swallow & ariell ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Register of Common Lodging Houses and Noxious Trades, c. 1864
Brown marbled notebook with wide blue paper binding, label handwritten in brown ink "Register of Common Lodging Houses and Noxious Trades". contains details of rooming houses 1864 to 1892 and noxious trades 1884 to 1889. Hester, Thomas & Sons, (marine store):HESTER, Thomas & Arthur (boiling down works):Arthur HESTER (boiling down works):Hester & Hart (boiling down works):J Kitchen & Sons, (soap and candleworks, bone mill, boiling down works):HANSON, H:Morris & Ludwig, (marine store):KERR, James:NETTLEBERG, P (tannery):GOTZ, Martin (fishcuring):BROWN, Capt. P. (fishcuring):SMITH John, (marine store):Apollo Co Ltd:QUINN, James (boiling down works):QUINN, Denis (boiling down works):MULCAHEY, James (marine store):SCOTT, John Brown (bone mill):KELLY, Thomas (tannery):ELWORTHY, James (piggery):KENNETT, Caleb Amos (boiling down works):Yills (?), Charles (glue factory):Cockbill & Mulling (bone mill, boiling down works):SEWARD, George (marine store):Australasia Sugar Refining Company:NJ Butcher & Co. (boiling down works):I Hill & Sons (fish curing)Ink inside front cover: 'Fee for Registration Ten shillings 18 Victo: No 8 Clause VIindustry - noxious, built environment - domestic, business and traders, built environment - commercial, thomas hester & sons, thomas hester, arthur hester, hester & hart, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, h hanson, morris & ludwig, james kerr, p nettleberg, martin gotz, p brown, john smith, apollo candle co, james quinn, denis quinn, james mulcahey, john brown scott, thomas kelly, james elworthy, caleb amos kennett, charles yills (?), cockbill & mulling, george seward, australasia sugar refining company, n j butcher & co, i hill & sons -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Peter Libbis, Register of Common Lodging Houses and Noxious Trades
Transcribed from handwritten Register by Peter LIBBIS 1997Blue plastic folder with typed transcript from handwritten "Register of Common Lodging Houses and Noxious Trades". Contains details of rooming houses 1864 to 1892built environment - domestic, business and traders, built environment - commercial, industry - noxious, gerrit blankhart, spiro williams, john yapp, james john bartlett, henry laussen, susan litchfield, charles grosse, william abbott, john warne, caroline schilling, frederick barker, nina taylor, george charles scott, john japp, frederick fredrichsen, jane brunot, betsy backer, eliza leyden, june mclellan, henry aitkens, henry aitken, maria wilkinson, william anthony, elizabeth tyrrell, francis jose, james forrester, lois jordan, john dennis, cassandra davis, robert carey, william frederick bevan, sarah duross, martina frederickson, lena salfinger, jeremiah tohey, henry d aitken, james riley, catherine carey, eliza connor, frederick jacobite, mary ann pittman, mary stevens, rose clara lee, eleanor smith, amy mcphee, mary gibbs, jane mclellan, john dunn, george rolland, john lolato, peter cleary, may christian christiansen, george rolfe, antonia bruno, john bennett, david macintosh, desera pardon, antone bruno, henry hamilton, minnie long, john fries, elizabeth powell, alice greenough, louis warner, hannah black, salvadore robinson, sarah tracy -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Peter Libbis, Register of Noxious Trades
Transcribed from handwritten Register by Peter LIBBIS 1997Blue plastic folder withtyped transcript from "Register of Common Lodging Houses and Noxious Trades". contains details of noxious trades1884 to 1889industry - noxious, built environment - domestic, business and traders, built environment - commercial, thomas hester & sons, thomas hester, arthur hester, hester & hart, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, h hanson, morris & ludwig, james kerr, p nettleberg, martin gotz, p brown, john smith, apollo candle co, james quinn, denis quinn, james mulcahey, john brown scott, thomas kelly, james elworthy, caleb amos kennett, charles yills (?), cockbill & mulling, george seward, australasia sugar refining company, n j butcher & co, i hill & sons -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Petition, Removal of abbattoirs, ratepayers to Borough of Port Melbourne council, Jan 1890
Petition from the ratepayers to the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Port Melbourne re removal of abbattoirs, January 1890. Eleven pages of signatures with addresses.built environment - commercial, local government - borough of port melbourne, business and traders, industry - noxious -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Bellion's Grocery, Stokes Street, Advantage Copying, 1881
Copied from print made for Margaret Bride, great grandaughter of Benjamin Bellion,by her son who holds the original. (See also 665) Display assembled for Then and Now exhibitions by the Society.Bellion's Grocery at 175 Stokes Street c1881, with staff, horse and cart - black and white laserprint from black and white copy photo (See also 431 and 665)william j bellion, benjamin bellion, business and traders - grocers and supermarkets, built environment - commercial -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Bellion's Grocery, Stokes Street, Kosdown Printing, 1881
Printer's screen bromide made during production of 1998 calendar from print made for Margaret Bride, great grandaughter of Benjamin Bellion,by her son who holds the original.Bellion's Grocery at 175 Stokes Street c1881, with staff, horse and cart - screen bromide from black and white copy photo (See also 431 and 665)william j bellion, benjamin bellion, business and traders - grocers and supermarkets, built environment - commercial -
Deaf Children Australia
CALAID H - Hearing Aid, National Acoustic Laboratories, Estimated date: late 70s early 80s
The first commercial digital hearing aid was created in 1987 by the Nicolet Corporation. The hearing aid contained a body-worn processor that had a hardwire connection with an ear mounted transducer. While the Nicolet Corporation’s hearing aid was not publicly successful and the company shortly folded, it was able to start a competition between companies to create more effective hearing aids. Two years later, in 1989, the behind-the-ear (BTE) digital hearing aid was launched. In addition to the Nicolet Corporation, Bell Laboratories expanded upon the hearing aid business by developing a hybrid digital-analog hearing aid. When the hearing aid was put on in the market, it was instantaneously successful. This development helped bring major changes to the world of the hearing aid. The next major milestone was creating an all-digital hearing aid. The Oticon Company developed the first digital hearing aid in 1995, but it was only distributed to audiological research centers for research on digital technology in the realm of acoustic amplification. The Senso was the first commercially successful, all-digital hearing aid, and was created by Widex in 1996. After the success of the Senso, Oticon began marketing their own hearing aid, the DigiFocus. Presently, the digital hearing aid is now become programmable. By making the hearing aid programmable, it has allowed hearing aids to be capable of regulating sound on their own, without using a separate control. The hearing aid can now adjust itself depending on what environment it is in and often does not even need a physical volume control button. These were the first behind the ear hearing aids manufactured by the National Acoustic Laboraties (NAL) in Australia Body worn hearing aid consisting of separate pieces, one for each ear with attached ear mould, for one ear, in original box. Provided and manufactured by the NAL (National Acoustic Laboratories), part of the Commonwealth Department of Health. "NAL" in centre of stylised map of Australia. "COMMONWEALTH/DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH" on inside of box. "IV" and "F.McD/RIGHT" manually etched on hearing aid. "II" manually etched on other hearing aid. "CAL AID H" inscribed on inside edge of hearing aid. -
Deaf Children Australia
Bosch - Hearing Aid, Robert Bosch GmbH, Estimated date: early 1970s
The first commercial digital hearing aid was created in 1987 by the Nicolet Corporation. The hearing aid contained a body-worn processor that had a hardwire connection with an ear mounted transducer. While the Nicolet Corporation’s hearing aid was not publicly successful and the company shortly folded, it was able to start a competition between companies to create more effective hearing aids. Two years later, in 1989, the behind-the-ear (BTE) digital hearing aid was launched. In addition to the Nicolet Corporation, Bell Laboratories expanded upon the hearing aid business by developing a hybrid digital-analog hearing aid. When the hearing aid was put on in the market, it was instantaneously successful. This development helped bring major changes to the world of the hearing aid. The next major milestone was creating an all-digital hearing aid. The Oticon Company developed the first digital hearing aid in 1995, but it was only distributed to audiological research centers for research on digital technology in the realm of acoustic amplification. The Senso was the first commercially successful, all-digital hearing aid, and was created by Widex in 1996. After the success of the Senso, Oticon began marketing their own hearing aid, the DigiFocus. Presently, the digital hearing aid is now become programmable. By making the hearing aid programmable, it has allowed hearing aids to be capable of regulating sound on their own, without using a separate control. The hearing aid can now adjust itself depending on what environment it is in and often does not even need a physical volume control button. Single Behind-the-ear hearing aid with ear mould. "BOSCH/GERMANY" on the side bottom of aid, "7327476" on face, "46AYG-D" on inside edge -
Deaf Children Australia
Hearing aid
The first commercial digital hearing aid was created in 1987 by the Nicolet Corporation. The hearing aid contained a body-worn processor that had a hardwire connection with an ear mounted transducer. While the Nicolet Corporation’s hearing aid was not publicly successful and the company shortly folded, it was able to start a competition between companies to create more effective hearing aids. Two years later, in 1989, the behind-the-ear (BTE) digital hearing aid was launched. In addition to the Nicolet Corporation, Bell Laboratories expanded upon the hearing aid business by developing a hybrid digital-analog hearing aid. When the hearing aid was put on in the market, it was instantaneously successful. This development helped bring major changes to the world of the hearing aid. The next major milestone was creating an all-digital hearing aid. The Oticon Company developed the first digital hearing aid in 1995, but it was only distributed to audiological research centers for research on digital technology in the realm of acoustic amplification. The Senso was the first commercially successful, all-digital hearing aid, and was created by Widex in 1996. After the success of the Senso, Oticon began marketing their own hearing aid, the DigiFocus. Presently, the digital hearing aid is now become programmable. By making the hearing aid programmable, it has allowed hearing aids to be capable of regulating sound on their own, without using a separate control. The hearing aid can now adjust itself depending on what environment it is in and often does not even need a physical volume control button.These were the first behind the ear hearing aids manufactured by the National Acoustic Laboraties (NAL) in Australia Single behind-the-ear hearing aid.