Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-06
DEAF MUTES CAN HEAR.
AN INVENTION WITH REMARK
ABLE RESULTS.
\ Freuohman's visit to an Institution
where the Instrument Is In Use
Children Heag Voices for
the Elr.t Time.

there have been special physicians
i special instruments and special remcd-
les for the ear Tho acoustic cornet
/ OF DIR, Larry intended To be concealed
in the hair; the acoustic bell Of Dr.
ltard acoustic tubes. dilating tubes
artificial ears OF metal. silk and gutta
| pereha audiphones. conches, artificial
/ tympanums cvea acoustic fans FOR the
use OF ladies. have had al divers times,
Il reputation more or less deserved.
The announcement was made 70.
| Gently that new acoustic cornet had
been found, which not only enabled
the deaf to hear. but which diminished
and even conquered deafness In a.
der to see that wonder. OF which |
some doubt | Immediately wen. I
Bourg- la Refine to the institution 4
deaf mutes kept by the Sisters Of Cal
vary says a writer in the Revue de
Famille. With fine architectural
appearance, in the midst o. trees and
flowers, that house seems the sweetest
4 OF nests for the poor creatures who are
\ sheltered there
Ia the little room III which / was
received there We're already several
4 persons from different places aud even
4 from abroad waitn. ID SEQ the AZ
\ pcriments as directed vs. the inventor
4 Manager Ncrrier Weuried Nv thr
suffering and the isolation into which
leat-mute chlldrcu were often plunged
5y their iuhrmlty desiruu. above als
y prepare some of them for their first
~.
SOUGHT the shortest way 10 reach their
4 hearts He addressed himself to their
eur- and after many attempts ana
much stumbling he succeeded Ia pro.
Z duetng that new cOruct on which liz
\ ha, taken out q patent
The apparatus Is composed IL Il
large boil ~ enamried metal. united
! By gutta pcrcha tube. about hfty
I centimeters IN length. 10 little bone
tube covered with gutta porcha which
/ extends somewhat beyond it. Rlc
tube i covered outside by i light stan
/ intended to arrest at. foreign llbru-
] tiOns. The little tube pcaetrate4 INTO
\ the auditory passage and touches the
f, tympanum. Thanks 10 this, unt a
\ sound. not 4 breath il lost On the
I patient, and no matter how little hear
/ Ing remains % him, hr pr.cclvc-
sounds and noises that i u zay
yowel4 and con.ouaut-. ana iinatIy 6e
even hears words
A. least that was the theory which
was explained uy the physicians WHO
assisted Id the experiments. ana ~
which | am able from having soon
4 them u state the results. A 4t4te.
holding the new eorucE placed the
/ end 81 IL ID the caa Of each individual
brought % heur ami made him hgat.
several phrases. without moving her
lips ana speaking 10 low tom. The
sound arrived clearly without bu<zirg.
without resonance mud with a remark
able intensity. u note, In pa- .ing.
that the extremity D, the tcDe could
be unscrewcd. md Tint each pupil had
biz own i wise hyginnic precauti0n.
Afterward .he sister took little
girl ~ the first year, placed ths dr.
! paratu- III hcr ear ana pronounced III
( tbs other extremity papa. mamma.
I tata, apap appa etc, which the child
easily repeated. Nha was not able to
( read the words Oh the lips ~ her
teacher because they were concealed
! by the bell, and. moreover she looked
4 timidly toward the ground The H.
I -istants asked her several words.
\ proposed my name knowing BY a.
\ pcrieace that composed " three
! syllables commencing with 4. i. ~. II
| Is very difficult u prouounre
ItfefJgv,Nt.s ttt
my name nor was abIc to read on thc
lips 81 her Teacher then she heard,
| Further when she pronounced badly.
1 the teacher again made use ~ tho cor.
net 80 that the deaf mute spoke ~
ear. and corrected her own pronuncia.
ton. Was that child absolutely
dcaf2n | demanded Of Mgr Eerrier.
The 100 pupils 81 this institution are
| deaf mutc5 aud before commencing
these experiments The degree OF hear.
ing was srrupuIously noted and duly
/ stated By competent persons. a. To
the rest wait; you will see still more +"
4 pupil 81 the third year was called
III her turn. ! saw for myself that she
read upon the lips perfectly words like
You speak well; tho table l. black. y
etc. Then the apparatus was applied
to her and the professor repeated sew
eral little phrases. When she hosi-
tatcd the bell placed before her mouth
gave her the proper sounds. and she
corrected herself This was not alt.
The sister repeated tho same phrase,
This is beautiful day" in different
tones, from the lowest to the highest,
and the child responded like an echo
with the exact intonations.
Finally fable was breathcd into
her car By means Of the c0rnet which
she repeated very prottily taking the
exact infections OF her teacher In
addition TO all this the cornet cxer-
cises an unexpected influence on the
hearing Of the children; the obliterated
sense seems TO awaken in them after
@peatcd experiments. II was d t6uch-
~.g sight to 500 the poor girl, isolated,
deaf and silent In thg midst of a crowd