10.000 children, enabled to grow into
normal, useful and happy citizens,
would be ample reward for all the
federation’s efforts.
Incidentally, this survey in the
schools may be instrumental in fore
stalling more unhappy situations for
some of the children—their appear
ance before juvenile courts. An otol
ogist attached! to such a court in Phil
adelphia states that in per cent of the
children brought in for delinquencies
are not delinquent at till, but merely
hard of hearing.
Standardization of various authentic
hearing devices is a current activity
of the federation, in which it has the
co-operation of the United States Bu
reau of Standards. It is expected tha;
eventually people with varying de
grees and types of deafness will be
scientifically fitted for bearing instru
ments, just as those with impaired
vision are now fitted for glasses.
The federation continually makes
free distribution of informative litera
ture —circulars, pamphlets and re
prints of magazine articles of value to
the deafened. "Deafness Pure Quack
ery and Pseudo-Medicine” is the in
teresting subject of uno, for example,
in which persons who advertise nos
trums and worthless hearing devices
are exposed, and advice given as to
how the honesty of advertisers and
| methods may he ascertained. Thou
j sands of dollars annually now enrich
! this class of charlatans, whose victims
! are completely swindled, if their deaf
i ness is not actually made worse by
j ignorant tampering. -Health conservu
i tion is urged by the federation, and
constructive outlines for personal liv-
I giene by authorized physicians are
published.
Good Voice Asset.
