[Report 1957] / School Medical Officer, Nottinghamshire County Council.

  • Nottinghamshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / School Medical Officer, Nottinghamshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Those who fail the individual test are first investigated by the School Medical Officers. Where possible the hearing defect is treated and 510 children were examined at the School Clinics for this purpose. When further investigation is considered necessary, children are referred to the Special Deafness Clinics to be seen, and treated when necessary, by the Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeons. These Clinics are held by Mr. E. J. Gilroy Glass at the Nottingham General Hospital; Mr. J. F. Neil at the King’s Mill Hospital, Sutton-in-Ashfield and at the Newark Hospital ; and Mr. P. H. Beales at the Victoria Hospital, Worksop. A large proportion of children referred are found to have defects which can be rectified before permanent damage arises. Mr. Glass has sent me the following comments :— “ The review of deafness in school children has continued and a considerable number have still been found requiring assessment and treatment of their deafness. In some cases a hearing aid has been required and it is likely that in the New Year transistor hearing aids will be available on the National Health Service for school children. These should prove of great benefit for those children whose education is being handicapped through defective hearing.” During the year, 365 children were given the opportunity of Con¬ sultant examination following audiometric investigation. Among the 257 new cases who attended, conditions treated were as follows :— Conditions Treated. Naso-pharyngeal infection Otitis Media . Wax . Other Conditions 201 In fifty-six cases no treatment was required and nineteen cases were referred for further examination. The following pleasing testimony to the value of the Audiometric Service was received from the Headmaster of a Junior School :— “ We had a boy tested by your Audiometrician three years ago. He was fitted with a hearing-aid. He was in the ‘ C ’ stream at this Junior School when he received the aid. Since then he has gradually progressed from the ‘ B ’ stream to the * A ’ stream. He has recently been awarded a place in a Grammar or Technical School which he would never have achieved without your assistance. Will you please convey our thanks to the Audiometric Service for a splendid job.” 95 25 20 61