High Frequency Deafness

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

233

Date Released

1978

Length of issue (in feet)

521

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: The piercing shrill of a kettle, the jangle of keys in the lock, the shattering of broken glass: some people just cannot hear them. But work at London University has led to the development of a hearing aid which can electronically juggle patterns of certain sounds, and bring them within the hearing range of people who suffer high frequency deafness. Suddenly they’re introduced to a new world.

Researcher Comments

Story also appears in ‘Living Tomorrow No. 304’

Keywords

Education and training; Health and medicine; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/233

Credits:

Cutter: Allen Bowry
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Laurence Williamson

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