HARD OF HEARING

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 75, 25 September 1941, Page 6

HARD OF HEARING

EDUCATIONAL-CAMPAIGN

series of Lectures

"The opening of a, (campaign by members for their own, education in all the different aspects jof the problem of deafness I look upon as most important," said Dr.^1 W.- Macdonald in his presidential address when the first series of lectures ; conducted by the Wellington branch of the New Zealand League for the Hard of Hearing opened last night. !

"On other occasions," he added, "we have conducted caimpaigns for the advancement of pub (lie knowledge of the aims and objects jof our organisation, campaigns designed to let hard-of-hear-ing people everyfwhere know of our existence, or to ; encourage the sympathetic help of the normal-hearing, which so much leases our difficulties, but this campa%n is primarily for those who are stijffering some impairment of hearing,.' and that is why I would like to welcome most cordially to these lectures* all hard-of-hearing persons whether/ they belong to our league or not. I jam convinced that understanding the hature of the problems of deafness is the biggest step in overcoming the disability of impaired hearing." j HELP JfJSROM PUBLIC. Commenting jfchat the general public, whose sympattfy and help had already done so much I for the league, would be interested jin the campaign, Dr. Macdonald sa:/d invitations would be sent to nursing organisations, medical men, primary j school and kindergarten [teachers, and others, particularly those j interested in hospital board and health matters. Included in the lecturers would be Mrs^.'Hurd-Wood, the founder of the league/and an expert on such work, which,; she had studied in all parts of the -cvorld. The lecture on the history and the methods of the teachi ing of lip-reading would be popular, while other i'• aspects of the problem of compensating for loss of "hearing would be fufflly dealt with in lectures on the psychological side of deafness, social readjustment, re-education of ears, and sp forth. It was hoped to secure larger premises in the building now occupied by the organisation.

The anatomy and structure of the ear were the subject of a talk by Dr. G. W. Harfty, and this was illustrated with diag-rams and sound films, the operator b. p-in gMr X N X Huff am.