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December 27, 1940
The Mahnomen Pioneer
Mahnomen, Mahnomen County, Minnesota
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Minnesota doctors advocate conserving remaining hearing in the partially deaf to ease lip reading and hearing aid use, halting disease progression, and providing special classes for deaf children to avoid retardation and unhappiness. (187 characters)
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DOCTORS URGE CARE TO SAVE HEARING REMNANTS
Many practically deafened people are allowed to go on to complete deafness and are therefore tragically cut off from communication with others just because of an unfortunate philosophy of defeatism.
Physicians point to this fact in the final bulletin issued by the Minnesota State Medical Association's Committee on Public Health Education during their December campaign for conservation of hearing, today.
"It is true that hearing loss is often discovered too late to restore perfect hearing," the doctors say. It may even be too late to prevent ultimate deafness. But every slightest remnant of hearing should be preserved to the last possible moment because, with the aid of a little hearing, lip reading is infinitely easier to learn. So is the use of modern hearing-aids which keep even the greatly deafened in touch with their world."
If disease processes can be stopped permanently, even though the hearing loss is already great, then the sufferer will find the tiny, magical new mechanisms which have taken the place of the dreadful old fashioned ear trumpet, a highly satisfactory answer to their troubles, according to the bulletin. Modern hearing aids are made in many forms and must be selected and fitted according to the needs of each deafened individual.
If complete deafness is likely to come later, in spite of all that medical science can do to stop it, then the sufferer must hold on to what he has as long as possible and meantime he must use what hearing is left him in aid in learning to read lips, the doctors further point out.
For the deafened children special classes, or when they are not provided by the schools, attendance at the State School for the Deaf is urged upon their parents by the doctors. If children who cannot hear normally are forced to compete in class with the children who hear, they are certain to be retarded, unhappy, cowed, or resentful. In special classes and in the special school for the hard of hearing they are happy, do well and ultimately receive the special vocational training they need to fit them for normal living.
DOCTORS URGE CARE TO SAVE HEARING REMNANTS
Many practically deafened people are allowed to go on to complete deafness and are therefore tragically cut off from communication with others just because of an unfortunate philosophy of defeatism.
Physicians point to this fact in the final bulletin issued by the Minnesota State Medical Association's Committee on Public Health Education during their December campaign for conservation of hearing, today.
"It is true that hearing loss is often discovered too late to restore perfect hearing," the doctors say. It may even be too late to prevent ultimate deafness. But every slightest remnant of hearing should be preserved to the last possible moment because, with the aid of a little hearing, lip reading is infinitely easier to learn. So is the use of modern hearing-aids which keep even the greatly deafened in touch with their world."
If disease processes can be stopped permanently, even though the hearing loss is already great, then the sufferer will find the tiny, magical new mechanisms which have taken the place of the dreadful old fashioned ear trumpet, a highly satisfactory answer to their troubles, according to the bulletin. Modern hearing aids are made in many forms and must be selected and fitted according to the needs of each deafened individual.
If complete deafness is likely to come later, in spite of all that medical science can do to stop it, then the sufferer must hold on to what he has as long as possible and meantime he must use what hearing is left him in aid in learning to read lips, the doctors further point out.
For the deafened children special classes, or when they are not provided by the schools, attendance at the State School for the Deaf is urged upon their parents by the doctors. If children who cannot hear normally are forced to compete in class with the children who hear, they are certain to be retarded, unhappy, cowed, or resentful. In special classes and in the special school for the hard of hearing they are happy, do well and ultimately receive the special vocational training they need to fit them for normal living.
What sub-type of article is it?
Medical Advice
Public Health Education
What keywords are associated?
Hearing Loss
Deafness
Hearing Aids
Lip Reading
Deaf Children
Special Education
Where did it happen?
Minnesota
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Minnesota
Event Date
December Campaign
Story Details
Physicians from the Minnesota State Medical Association urge preserving remnants of hearing in the deafened to facilitate lip reading and use of modern hearing aids, preventing complete isolation. They emphasize stopping disease progression, fitting aids individually, and providing special education for deaf children to ensure normal development.