Deafness “Cures” in History
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Electric Hearing Aids - What Did the Hearing Aid Mean to Deaf People?
In 1898, Milliwis Hutchinson introduced his Akula on a desktop hearing aid. He was demonstrating to predominantly culturally deaf people. When they were trying out the device during the demonstration, they were distancing fear because they didn't really know for certain what they were hearingWas actually sound or they were being fooled to hearing sound.
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