Sanpete County Register | 1891-06-11 | Page 2 | Prevalence of Deafness

Prevalence of Iea(iie. At least one person in three bctweon the ages of ton and forty years is subject sub-ject to partial deafness. Tho great majority ma-jority of cases of deafness are hereditary heredi-tary and due to tho too close consanguinity consan-guinity of the parents. Deafness is more prevalent among men than among women because the former are more exposed to tho vicissitudes of climate. It is thought that telephones tend to bring on deafness when one ear is used to the exclusion of the other.