Show H I 1 t t f IT MAKES THE e SUCCESS OF A NOVEL NOYEL INSTRUMENT Vita The tT Reiteration or of Hearing by bl an aD Unseen Device Old Device Old Theories Theore Applied ng Diring the past few years paa there hare baTe bae been bren many rumors of the restoration In tome come mys- mys my I way of the hearing of those who were wee known to t have bave been ben deaf dea for many years yeal This led to an Investigation by those interested Inter Inter- Int cited ested rt and ad it i has bu been bee found that this ti happy change has ha been be made by the te use of a s most limp simple Ie yet ingenious d device device Tice which h was wa Invented In t- t vented rented by a gentleman genteman in Bridgeport Conn named ne II n. I J. J Wales This Thi device devic is I the same lac to t the ears ers as a are arc glasses to the eyes and is simply A soft lOf rubber disc arranged on a rubber spring end nd so 0 shaped that tt when inverted Inthe Inthe in inthe the ear it i will m focus fous the the- the waves wares of sound lound on the natural dum drum thus Increasing the te vibration vibration I tion ti-on ton of the thc latter hatter later Tho The possibilities of a device of this nature have long been known know n but iut ut the many ma attempts attempt to use uso this knowledge have been len such luch utter failures that tat It was Wan 4 considered beyond our present knowledge of the te ear er to make a practical tal Instrument of the kind kInd Consequently when this tbs device de W was S first invented not much mich attention was wa given the came as a it w was WI as thought to be bo merely au an old enemy In new dress dess but buta gradually a this ts slight prejudice was wa dispelled until at lt the time Ume most physicians and audits look lok kindly upon ulon the Instrument and st s seem sem cm em pleased at the success it i is I meeting At a recent Interview Mr rr Wales WaIfs made matlo the remarkable statement that that to his Ils knowledge the device which he be called Sound Sund Disc had had baa never nc failed faie where relief was wag afterward ob obtained ob- ob ob tamed by any medical surgical or mechanical mesas means mens excepting a ful car ear trumpet which he says ayala s is more powerful tItan than his device devic It I would seem to be bo an au ideal Idea device devic for the deaf as it Is 1 worn in the tIne car ear out of sight eight sight for months at ft a I time and us as lS far as we wc can cn learn lern Is pronounced sale safe anti and comfortable for the theE patient Many times it has hs proven n Itself to tobe tobe E be a an advancement rae In the he science of acoustics s by relieving the most obstinate cases caes which Wc had hal defied medical treatment for years year What may be the ultimate result of the use of this device whether device whether the results thus far obtained will wl warrant its Is use ilse In such a variety of f eases cases that it will wl stop top the progress o of dea deal deaf rc re rena s ii In 10 the future to such an extent that tha it itH will wi H avoid the ua US o cf ear trumpets tar we cannot say but the dc of a device of this nature sy as a regards its Iu safety its is bent benefit t and I general admit adt comfort to t t the user none S one will wl fall 11 to toI |