AIRMEN’S HEARING.
IMPAIRMENT DURING WAR. (Rec. 11.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 11. No combat airmen would return to civil life after the war with normal hearing, said an American ear specialist, Dr. Walter Hughson, addressing the National Association of ear, nose, and throat specialists. He estimated there would be 250,000 cases of impaired hearing among American servicemen as a result of the war. Dr. Hughson said it was unlikely that acquired war deafness would be amenable to surgery or that medical treatment would be more than “relatively effective.” The only ready solution for the- problem would be the fitting of an adequate hearing aid.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 1, 12 October 1943, Page 4
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