Evening star. [volume], September 05, 1947, Page A-13, Image 13

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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Abnormal Teeth Held
To Have Impaired
Hearing of 4 Million
By tht Associated Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 5.—Evidence that
abnormal teeth have Impaired the
hearing of possibly 4,000,000 Amer
icans was reported by a dentist yes
terday.
Dr. David J. Goodfriend of Phila
delphia said field workers had estab
lished the role of abnormalities of
dental bite in producing certain
hearing troubles "as thoroughly as
Koch proved that the tubercle
bacillus causes tuberculosis.”
Writing in the Archives of
Otolaryngology, publication of the
American Medical Association, Dr.
Goodfriend said anatomical studies
showed any abnormality of dental
bite directly affects the eustachian
tube. This tube brings about com
munication between the middle ear
and the pharynx by adjusting air
pressure in the middle ear to that
of of the air outside.
Some 10,000,000 Americans are
suffering from deafness or impaired
hearing, he said, adding that ab
normal dental bite "probably in
fluences about 40 per cent of all
deafness.”
Dr. Goodfriend, reporting on
studies carried out in the depart
ment of dentistry, medicine and
psychology of the University of
Pennsylvania, found:
That at the university’s special
ear and throat clinic, 23 of the first
25 patients with hearing complaints
but without any abnormalities in
the ear itself showed abnormalities
of bite, or some position of the teeth
which interfered with proper move
ments of the jaws in chewing.
That studies of a group of 168
dental students showed 55 per cent
had dental malocclusions. The hear
ing of the group with an abnormal
bite was 13 per cent less than that
of the other students.
The keynote of the work is preven
tion, Dr. Goodfriend said. Results
depend in large measure on how
long the hearing has been disturbed,
he added.
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Safety Council Urges
Stricter Licensing to
Reduce Auto Deaths
CHICAGO, Sept. 5 (NANA).—
Automobile fatalities during the
Labor Day week end reached a total
of 293—43 more than was anticipated
by the National Safety Council. The
council is alarmed at this rising
trend because the most hazardous
driving period of the year lies ahead.
In a statement here, Sidney J.
Williams, director of public safety of
the National Safety Council, de
clared that this upward swing in
traffic deaths must be halted.
“Good driver's license laws, prop
erly administered,” said Mr. Wil
liams, “can reduce traffic accidents
by 20 cent or more. Such laws are
the most effective method of elimi
nating bad driving from the high
ways because the average driver
fears the loss of his license more
than any other punishment.
"An effective licensing system must
be instituted in the various States
to include: The careful examination
of all applicants on highway regula
'tions and a driving test given by a
trained examiner with sufficient
time to test each driver thoroughly;;
and the suspension or revocation of
a license whenever the driver’s rec
ord of accidents or violations,
checked by interview and re-ex
amination, shows him to be reckless
or incompetent.
"Only a few States have come any
where near making full use of these
measures,” Mr. Williams stated.
"Many motor vehicle commissioners
who would like to do a better job
are handicapped by lack of funds,
political pressure, or the absence of
the merit system for examiners and
other employes.
"The National Safety Council
strongly supports the efforts of the
American Association of Motor
Vehicle Administrators, and the rec
ommendations of the President’s re
cent highway safety conference for
the passage of adequate license laws
in all States not already having
them.”
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Y’Ami Island, the northernmost
point of the Philippine Archipelago,
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