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The Medical luv. r Choosing Hearing Aid Many persons, when buying a hearing aid, could use more help than they sometimes get. Otto A. Menzel, Ph.D., says. in the journal "Hearing Pro gress," that people are I t o 1 d many things about these aids which are not quite true. I F o r instance: some people Alvarez ' sav that nsinc a hearing aid will prevent the person from getting more deaf. Dr. Menzel, who is an authority on speech and hear ing, says that there is no evid ence to show that this supposi tion is true. On the other hand, some officious people try to scare their hard-of-hearing friends by saying that the use of a hearing aid will destroy what hearing remains. This, of course, is not true either. Other people say, "If you wear a hearing aid, you will become dependent on it." I have seen many a hard-of-hearing person who was scared by this untruth. In my youth, when for a while I worked in an eye clinic fitting glasses, I was so annoyed when, perhaps, the relatives of a lad or a girl who much needed glasses would say, "Don't wear glass es because soon you'll get the habit, and then you will not be able to give up your glass es." Of course, the person will not want to give up the glass es when he or she finds out how much joy and comfort and interest in life they can give. When I was 9 and was giv en my first pair of glasses, It was such a joy to be able to read with comfort, that naturally I wouldn't have parted with my glasses for anything. But this did not mean that they were bad for me. Bolter Results Likely Another false statement often heard is that hearing aids are of use only to those persons who have what we call a "conductive hearing loss," (not a nerve deafness) perhaps with damage to the three tiny bones (ossicles) in tight of the "stapes" bone in tight of the "Stapes" bone in the "window" leading into the inner ear, where the hear ing mechanism is. As Dr. Men zel says, it is true that persons with a conductive defect are likely to get better results from a hearing aid than some other patients will, but still. HI BIGGEST REACH 99 Million Consumers Read a Daily Newspaper Each Weekday These readers make up the largest audience available to any advertiser in any medium. A recent study of this national newspaper audience shows that it in cludes 80 percent of all men and women over 21 . . . and 72 per cent of all teen agers, age 15 and over. This huge and consistent readership can be depended upon by advertisers because the daily newspaper is a habit with most people . . . an established part of their everyday lives. For the national advertiser, this amounts to almost the total market for a ny product. For the local advertiser, this massive readership symbolizes the local reach of his own local newspaper - into almost 9 out of 10 homes every day. No matter what the product or service an advertiser wants to sell, more people can read about it in the pages of the daily newspaper "The Doily Newspaper And It's Reading Public, Audits and Surveys Co., Inc. Roundup . i Emeritus ConsulUnc In Medicine Mayo Clinic Emeritus Professur of Medicine Msyo Clinic Register and Tribune Syndicate. 1913) some of those with a nerve deafness do get help. Other questionable state ments are that a hearing aid should always be worn in the poor ear, or always in the better ear. Dr. Menzel says that both of these sweeping generalizations are wrong. The decision as to which ear should be fitted, or whether both should be fitted, must be decided by an expert. Some persons say, "Wear your hearing aid only when you need it," but this is wrong. Experience has shown that people who keep turning their hearing aid on and off get poor results. Some per sons also say, "Turn your hearing aid off in noisy places," but Dr. Menzel doubts the wisdom of this. Sometimes the situation can be helped by simply making an adjustment in the instru ment. Take Expert's Advice Some people say that in choosing a hearing aid you should pick the one that sounds best to you. Dr. Men zel says that sometimes this works, but in other cases it is better to take the advice of an expert. A free trail per iod does not always solve the problem, either. Dr. Menzel points out that the wise person does not select eye glasses from a dime store counter. He has them fitted by an expert who knows exactly what he is doing, and gives the person what is good for him rather than what, at the moment, appeals to him. It is important to remember that when one buys a hearing aid, one should have experts help-not only then, but also as one is learning to use the aid. One of the youngest users of a hearing aid is a little girl named Barbara Ann, who is five month old. "She cries when it is not on her ear, and she shows rapt attention when it is on." I recently looked at the journal Spectrum (Jan.-Feb., 1961). On thefront cover Is a color picture of a little baby wearing a hearing aid. Inside the magazine are more pic tures of small children with hearing aids, and the writer points out that these children usually are so pleased when they begin to hear sounds, and they get so interested in them, that they do not want the hearing aid to be re moved, even at night. Parents of children need ing a hearing aid should re member that the hearing of sounds will help the little brain to grow and become They'll Do It Every For months ulna beg&ed squatwell to put up a simple kitchen shelf but no soap-so she did the job herself Lfteiit LAZY NO- r SEE? I TOLDJA Z feiteO G0 LOAFER.' f IT'S CCOOKED.'.' ONE 1 -rSJV-" HAVE A PLACE ) I SIXTEENTH OF AN INCH fjp'S,w8fc'w Jfe. ISjV f. , f FOR MV COQY.-J I ON THE BIAS.' AN BESIDES WPMt fc fjh-s JcE '1 BOOKS IF I. X SOU MISSED BOTH STUDS, ftfisSrk- fS A City Police Check Two Auto Accidents William Vinton Bulger, 16, of 332 Ardmore ave., was slightly injured in a two-car collision about 2:55 p.m. Wednesday at Eighth and Bartlett sts., according to Medford city police. Driver of the other vehicle involved was Robert Sterling Bick, 58, St. Mercer Island, Wash., who was cited for dis obeying a stop sign. Bulger told officers he would obtain treatment from his private physician. In the only other vehicle accident in Medford Wednes day, cars operated by Uno Edward Sandelin, 63, Port land, and Richard Paul Smith, 28, San Francisco, Calif., collided about 12:30 p.m. at 12th st. and River side ave. No citations were issued and no injuries were reported, officers said. intelligent. The infant who can hear will later learn to speak. An important point is that in many cities, now, there are places where a person can be fitted for a hearing-aid by disinterested persons who will choose the best aid for him or her that can be found ont the market. Dr, Alvarez' new booklet, "M u 1 1 i p I e (Disseminated) Sclerosis" is available now for the first time. In this little booklet, symptoms and efforts of treatment of this mysterious disease are described. To ob tain your copy, send 25 cents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request to Dr. Watlcr C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. MEDFORD Time So MRS. S. DOES THE JOB, AND THEN SQUATTY HAULS OUT EVERY TOOL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO PROV SHE BOO-BOOED-- Apportionment Formula Is Still Bad, Speaker Says The formula for appoint ment of representation in Oregon is still bad and al though it is providing rela tively fair representation at this time, it will not continue to do so when future censuses are taken, Mrs. Bonnie Phil ips, Medford lawyer, told two Medford organizations Tues day, speaking in explanation of the proposed revision of the Oregon constitution. Mrs. Philips spoke to the Insurance Women's club at a noon luncheon at the Jackson House and to the Medford Lions at Ping's during a din ner meeting. Assuring her listeners that there is nothing revolutionary about suggesting change in the Oregon constitution, she point ed out that it has been amend ed 110 times since its adop tion in 1859. Cites Change Until the last election, she recalled, the constitution pro vided that the militia elect its own officers. This provision was repealed at the last elec tion. Another undesirable condi tion, existing under the pres ent constitution, is the divided responsibility in the execu tive branch of government the speaker maintained. The governor has very little pow er to see that his program or legislative plans are carried out. He appoints the heads of boards and commissions, but cannot remove them except with cause. Their terms are so staggered that it would take him nine years to obtain boards in sympathy with his policies. The Board of Control controls the institutions of the state and this provides a gold en opportunity for passing the buck in Mrs. Philips' opinion. MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. By Jimmy Hatlo Little Responsibility Even as the executive seems to have little power, he also has little responsibility, and a great deal of power beyond any check of his operations except during the meeting of the legislature. The attorney general can not investigate unless the gov ernor orders the investiga tion. The proposed unified execu tive department would be a responsible executive, Mrs. Philips contended, advancing the constitutional revision which would make all execu tive agencies responsible to the governor. The present ar rangement of boards and com missions would probably re main the same except for the avenues of communication es tablished by the department arrangement, she analyzed the plan. To the extent that the leg islature gives him appointive powers, the executive would have the power of removal Mrs. Philips said. He would have an opportunity to es tablish communication with the people who are supposed to be running the government with him. This would permit the governor to be a respon sible officer and cut down on the opportunities for empire building. Changes Explained The initiative and referen dum would be retained. In corporated would be the idea of a controller, responsible to the legislature with no execu tive functions, but full powers of investigation and post '.udit of the executive as outlined in the New Jersey plan and the Model constitution. The controller would oro- vide checks and balances that OREGON Psychosomatics Possibly Linked To Allergy By DELOS SMITH UPI Science Editor New York-fllPD-Some aller gic people and some of their doctors, the allergists, are go ing to bristle with indig nant skepti cism over the following scl tific event -many of them bristle at any s u g g e s tion there may be being s o m e- Deioi smith thing psycho somatic in allergic afflictions. The event was a demonstra tion of the psychosomatic by rigorously scientific experi mentation. There were "con trols," precise measurements. the utmost objectivity. The working scientist, one of high repute, wasn't interested in treatments. He was testing only for the psychosomatic. Now. It must be kept in mind there can be no ques tion of the physical compo nent in allergy. In a person "sensitized" to any given sub stance, allergy is an automatic chemical reaction between the substance and the antibodies which his immunologic chem istry produces against it. The reaction is so chemical it is hard to believe the mind could Interfere with It, much Jess start it or stop it. Yet Dr. Stephen Black was aware that more than a century ago certain perceptive physicians Increase Noted in Area's Bank Debits There was an increase in bank debits for the southwest ern Oregon area, including Jackson, Josephine and Curry counties, during the month of March, the University of Ore gon bureau of business re search reported. Debits for March, 1963, to taled $97,898,174. For Febru ary the total was $87,977,595. March, 1962, showed a total of $88,399,137, the 1963 fi gure representing an increase of $9,590,037. Total debits for Oregon in March, 1963, came to $2,186 397,496. For the previous year, March, 1962, the total was $2,026,624,167. we do not have at this time on the executive, Mrs. Philips stated. The objective of these combined provisions for a responsible executive and a controller or legislative watch dog would be an executive strong enough to do his job, but not so strong that he would be landing in trouble, the speaker concluded her resume of the proposal. Cases thought they detected mental influences on allergies. Reddening of Skin Black experimented with persons given to allergies. By repeated skin-testing he found the substance each man was most allergic to. He put the man on a couch and pricked a drop of the stuff into his arm and was gratified by an immediate reddening of the skin where an angry hive was rising. Then he hypnotized the man and put another drop of the same substance into his other arm, meanwhile saying to him: "This time there will be no response - there will be no heat, no redness, no swelling, no Itching, no reac tion. Your arm feels' different, your whole body feels differ ent- you will not respond at before Black did this to 12 persons in all. He knew beforehand that all could be hypnotized Seven could be put into a deep trance; the other five had some resistance to hypnosis and couldn't be pushed far ther into the hypnotic state than the medium trance Suggestion Accepted Eight of the - 12 accepted Black's ".direct suggestion" to control their proven reaction to a proven allergic substance, and did so. These controls exercised by hypnotized minds ranged from complete suppression of response to marked reductions in the re sponses which had occurred when the subjects weren't hypnotized. There couldn't be any argu ment about any of this. Black had his subjects hooked up to thermometers which automati cally recorded skin tempera tures second by second. The sues of skin wheals were measured with callipers. A color camera automatically photographed the hives as they sprang up - if they did. Six of the seven who were put into a deep trance re sponded to the suggestion of controlling their allergy with their minds, while only two of the five whose hypnosis ended with the medium trance could do so. From this Black concluded that the deeper the trance the more potent is di rect suggestion against the im mediate allergic reaction. He works In the expert mental laboratories of the British Medical Research council in London SERVES AS HOSTESS Washington -(UFD- Mrs. Eu-I nice Shriver, the President's sister, will substitute for first lady Jacqueline Kennedy asl official hostess during the Washington visit of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxem bourg next week. THURSDAY, APRIL Student Council Is Workshop Topic Eugene The role of the high school student council will be probed during two summer workshops for Ore gon high school student coun cil members Aug. 4 to 9 and 11 to 16 at the University of Oregon. Both workshops are geaared uniform practices in student council work and to develop techniques of group leader ship. The two sessions will be conducted by the Oregon As sociation of Student Councils and the University. The Ore gon Association of Secondary School Principals and the Oregon State Department of Education will assist. Br CLAY R. I AMI IjCSWR. jo g 5-15-26-3? MSl-oMItt I TAuauT IIJHWYII MMM Q 6-21-32-43 CMKSt tm JUNt 23 -M 1-1 4.253c M Your Do., Arti.fr Guide M According to the Store. 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NOTE BRINGS ACTION Ventura, Vallf. -OJPD- Coun ty Supervisor Fred Ireland had a problem Wednesday most men would like. Ha wrote a polite note to the board saying he thought his new office was fine. "But I don't have any furniture, so my secretary has to sit on my lap." The board got the hint and ordered the furni ture. FOIXAN- 5ot. a OCT. 2J 3-16-27-381 17-61-71 A 61 Changes 62 Someone 63 Or 64 Shopping 65 Gilts 66 No 67 Gain 68 Shortcut 69 Avpccted 70 Help 71 Later 72Holtoy 73 Tours 74 Arrive 75 So 76 Keep V Working 78To 79 And 80 On 81 Prof trUtCfrOs 82 Friends 83 Become 84 And S5 Saving 86 Attention 87 Realities 88 Way 89 Indicated ttlSLK U6-J869 Via SASITTUIUS NOV. 3 DS.C. 23 JAN. 30 8-12-23-34 S7-tS7-7M6V LAN 21 FIB. 19 s 9-20-31 nsas FIB. 30 WOt J I 90 Person 4-17-26-39 1 yuan WITH KAMOTi' 25, 193 2M8-29.40(gl I CAMMCOfM I u 1 Printed In the interest of more effective advertising fcy Medford Mall Tribune
