PRESIDENT REAGAN “DELIGHTED” WITH AID ... ... after beginning to wear a hearing aid in public late last year. GEORGE A. SISSON, MD., F.A.C.S., President of the American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, Inc. wrote to President Reagan after 12 . .. x months praising him for publicly ' . ' ’ > x '' acknowledging his hearing loss and . '• | wearing a hearing aid. In response, he received a letter from the • • gpp President, saying in part “... 1 have V 0 " received many letters about my hearing aid, and I am pleased to * WllllllllS know that my use of this device has " _ provided so much encouragement. I ->*< am delighted with mine. If my experience helps others, I am very grateful.” (This after some 15 aBfIHHSH months of wearing the aid). Reported in New York Tinies: — VSA WASHINGTON, September?, 1983. President Reagan has begun wearing . ... a custom-made, technologically COLIN CALCOTT, Hearing Aid advanced hearing aid in his right ear Consultant, who supplies only after experiencing increased difficulty Starkey Hearing Aids, can advise on hearing high-pitched sound. suitability of this aid for your hearing and will be visiting at:— The hearing aid is fitted into the ear canal and i s barely visible UNITED sgR y| CES HOTEL, Amplifies High Frequencies The hearing aid, manufactured by On TtIUR3« 14th FEB* Starkey Laboratories of Minneapolis, is powered by a small For an obligation Cree battery and is designed to amplify appointment — higher sound frequencies. Because it can selectively amplify these higher TfiISPhOHC frequencies, the device has the effect MAUCnU'e DUiDMltnv of making what Mr Reagan hears not IYIAndUN O rHAKIVIAbY just louder but also clearer. Dr House V'lQ OnlrtrnKr* Ct of the House Ear Institute of Los 0 /” 00 BiAngeles, said. Advertisement 68-962
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