The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-17

his column.
appearance VI intelligence, ena-
bling you 10 pat on a bigger 81. g.
front.
But deaf people are VIGOROUSLY
more sensitive than blind people
or those with poor vision, and the
wearing of hearing aid is consid-
cred something of disgrace.
We are told that Napoleon popu-
larized the use Of the lorgnette. He
was so myopic that he could not
see without the use Of a strong con-
cave lens. Since he was of supreme
eminence in his time, the model of
dress and decor, everyone took it
up and spectacles. monocles and
lorgnettes became popular with
everyone whether they needed
them or not.
DR.. Howard s. Carter, OF the
American Medical Association,
wishes some eminent person would
in the same way make hearing aids
fashionable.
Hearing Aids Improved
OF course, one difficulty is that
you can flop a monocle around, as
did Beau Brummel and Disraeli, or
even swing a pair Of spectacles,
but you can't do much gracefully
with an ear trumpet or a hearing
aid.
The message one would like to
get across TO all hard of hearing
persons is the great improvement
that has been made in hearing
aids. know any number of people
who tried an experiment with
them, had a poor experience and
then resolutely set their faces
against any further attempt to use
them.
1t must be emphasized that a
hard of hearing person not used to
hearing aids must learn to use one,
just as persistently as he has
learned to walk or read. Becoming
accustomed to a hearing aid is
more difficult than becoming accus-
toned TO bifocal lenses.
The acuteness of hearing which
the normal person has is never re-
covered with any hearing aid. II
the hard of hearing person expects
TO have the same sort of hearing he
had in youth he is in for disap-
pointment.
Complaints Of Wearers
The principal complaint have
heard from those who refuse to
employ one is that the hearing aid
brings back the roaring that an
noyed when the difficulty in hear
ing came on. 1t is true that the
modern vacuum tube amplifier
requires a good deal of servicing.
They have a battery, an ampliher
and a microphone and the control
needs to be adjusted. Unlike spec
tacles, the hearing aid requires
upkeep. To service it costs about
$500 to $500 a month.
This being so some turn of the
instrument when it is not actually
being used, as an attempt at econ
omy. This also is a mistake because
a hearing aid being worn but not
turned on is no better than none
at all.
Constant progress has been
made by electrical engineers in
the construction and perfection of
these instruments. We may hope IN
the future that an instrument
weighing less than an ounce, so
tiny as to be imperceptible to the
casual onlooker, complete with tiny
ampliier, battery and microphone,
will be devised. And as its size and
weight decrease its efficiency will
go up.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
, N. d. CID Will a case Of
chronic colitis turn into tuber-
culosis? (2) Can diseases of the
gallbladder be revealed by the
X-ray!
Answer: (D Not unless it Is
tuberculous from the beginning.
(2) Yes.
"Twenty-seven":-At what age
is it considered difficult or danger
Gus for a woman to have her first
child?
Answer: ! hav~ known first
child TO be delivered without m
jury 10 mother or child when
mothers age was all the way EroDN
IL to as years
China. The ships we're all there are
comprised OF war damaged nayy
vessels and cargo ships which are
Cutting the shipyards.