Restorino: the Hearinu: of Deafoned French Soldiers 



Dr. Marage, a 

 well known 

 French physi- 

 cian, has been 

 asked by the 

 French Minister 

 of War to treat 

 soldiers who 

 have been deaf- 

 en ed by the 

 explosions of 

 shells and gre- 

 nades. To the 

 right. Dr. Mar- 

 age is shown ex- 

 amining a sol- 

 dier to deter- 

 mine the extent 

 ofhisinjuries,the 

 first step toward 

 the restoration 

 of his hearing 



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Below, Dr. Marage's apparatus for treating deafened 

 soldiers. It is a mechanical mouth for uttering vowel 

 sounds. The inner ear is massaged by sound vibrations 

 for about two weeks. No less than sixty-eight per cent 

 of the soldiers treated are able to rejoin their regiments 



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As shown at 

 the left. Dr. 

 Marage treats 

 deaf soldiers 

 by making 

 them listen to 

 the sounds 

 uttered by a 

 v owel -pro- 

 nouncing ma- 

 chine of his 

 own invention. 

 The vowels 

 are uttered 

 with an inten- 

 sity, duration 

 and quality 

 determined by 

 the bag of com- 

 pressed air in 

 the foreground 



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