. Tests conducted for several weeks at the Mirieola 1 aviation field, America, have proved that deaf mutes make excellent material for aviators, according to 'an announcement by officers of the New York institute for the instruction of the deaf. Asserting that the deaf mute .is • apparently snperior to the average aviation candidate, the announcement adds that it has long been an admitted scientific fact that' the loss of one sense lends aeuteness to the others. The tests, it was said, showed that deaf mutes were less disturbed by the sensation of flying than normal men and were readier for emergencies. Undisturbed by. the noise of the motor, they were apparently little affected by Oh* vihratktaa.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 78, 28 September 1918, Page 16
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