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AUDIOMETRICFINDINGS ANDCLINICALRECORDS INPHILADELPHIAPUBLICSCHOOLS. DR. WALTER S. CORNELL, DR. MARIECURRIEFREY and MISSROBERTALAIRD.
In instituting audiometric examinations in public school work, it was found that considerable data rapidly accumulated, which aided in the solution of numerous teaching problems and had a direct bearing on school health problems. Many school children who had been listless and deficient in their school work were found to have acoustic loss. The acoustic loss was found to have a fairly direct relation to certain types of behavior. To a certain extent, when the audiometric record was known, it was possible to predict deficiencies in the scholastic record.
The technical difficulties that required solution were outlined. A portable instrument was essential. The operator had to have had experience not only in handling the instrument but likewise in handling children of varying ages, in order to obtain complete