Overcoming Handicaps: Hi-Fi Hearing

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

186

Date Released

1976

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Overcoming Handicaps: Kneeling Bus
2. 2Overcoming Handicaps: Hi-Fi Hearing
3. 3Overcoming Handicaps: Ergonomic Bike
4. 4Overcoming Handicaps: Blind Board

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Many so-called deaf people can actually still be "deafened" when their hearing aids amplify loud sounds. A new hearing aid has a device that filters out painful sounds without - as normally happens - also seriously distorting speech.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Engineering; Disabled persons; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/186

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Peter Day

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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