Show Radio Enables Detroit Deaf Man Vian to Hear I DETROIT LETROIT Mich March 2 25 21 Radio Ra io music yesterday broke brok the silence nce of Leo Kuehn 28 8 28 who had been hen deaf deat and dumb for twenty six years For the first time limp ut Hl n his hlf life liCe he was able to hear voices oIS and m music and tb to speak words the first he has bas ever spoken The silence s ence was broken in th tiro Detroit Free Press radio station when Kueht Kuehr participated in an eXperiment r eX- that will eventually enable n r-n- able him to speak It a was as conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted by H. H R. R Mitchell radio en en- en I A set of high powered receivers were attached to the amplifying panel and with r radio dio frequency amplified about twenty times Mitchell spoke the word Ford Into the microphone The word Fwd Frd was used Wed because that is i where Kuehn Is la employed Kuehn heard sounds but wrote down on paper that he did not understand the word It was repeated and he understood For more than half an hour bour lie stood before the radio instrument with a list t of words In his hands hands- As Mitchell spoke a word Kuehn would point IV it out on the list Then he said he wanted to talk an and he said Holy holy holy In Ina Ina ina a weak voice Kuehn lost his hearing and speech when be was 2 years ars of age a 1 as a result of ot scarlet fever Dr Carl C. C McClelland who was present during the experiment said It ft proved that there was still some sense or of hearing in inthe the right ear He said that only onry the conduction mechanism of the middle ear was destroyed b by 3 disease and that the drum itself was still able to transmit transmit transmit trans trans- mit the sound to the brain Although Kuehn will never fully regain his hearing he will be en enabled enabled enabled en- en through radio to learn the use of ot his vocal organs Dr McClelland McClelland McClelland Mc Mc- Clelland said |