1956 Press Photo John Solem, Fred Kollenkarn testing new hearing aid device.

Fourteen year old John Solem, a Chicago high school freshman, has invented a new hearing aid which according to deaf mute Fred G. Kellenkarn, 46, has enabled him to hear for the first time in his memory. Kollenkarn wrote that words spoken into John's device "came through too loud." Hearing. Deaf.

Photo is dated 1956.

Photo measures 7 x 9 inches.