Deafness practically illustrated / [James Yearsley].

  • James Yearsley
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[1849]
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Credit: Deafness practically illustrated / [James Yearsley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER VIII. ON THE BEST MEANS OF COMPENSATING FOR INCURABLE DEAFNESS. In this chapter, I propose to speak upon certain points in reference to Incurable Deafness, which will, I believe, be found interesting. I. have particu- larly in view the relief of that very large and unfor- tunate class of sufferers who are afflicted with chronic deafness; who have submitted to every variety of treat- ment in vain; and to whom, therefore, palliative and hygienic measures, calculated to retard as much as possible the tendency to the total extinction of the sense, and to support the mind under the threat of this sad calamity, can scarcely fail to prove extremely valuable. Those who have had opportunities of observing the progress of incurable deafness, as it stealthily but surely advances, through a long series of years, cannot fail to have noted the peculiarly depressing influence the malady exerts on the mind; and they must also have seen that this depression, unless cautiously guarded against, becomes a most formidable ally to the ear- disease, and materially aggravates the miseries of the physical infirmity. I have already strongly argued the point that deaf- ness, arising primarily from disease of the auditory nerve, is much less common than aurists generally have
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