Blind Ph.D. Candidate with Hearing Test Equipment | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Blind Ph.D. Candidate with Hearing Test Equipment

Blind Ph.D. Candidate with Hearing Test Equipment | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
"With her roommate Helen Blohm (right) playing the role of the subject, Mary Louise Lane (left) checks her hearing with an audiometer. Miss Lane, blind co-ed who is working for her doctor's degree in speech, 'reads' the instrument on a specially-constructed dial." P.B. Grove of the Grove Hearing Aid service, Madison, modified the audiometer. He added a sound signal to replace hand signals and a Braille dial for Miss Lane.
DESCRIPTION
"With her roommate Helen Blohm (right) playing the role of the subject, Mary Louise Lane (left) checks her hearing with an audiometer. Miss Lane, blind co-ed who is working for her doctor's degree in speech, 'reads' the instrument on a specially-constructed dial." P.B. Grove of the Grove Hearing Aid service, Madison, modified the audiometer. He added a sound signal to replace hand signals and a Braille dial for Miss Lane.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:75897
Creation Date: 05 09 1952
Creator Name:Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
City:Madison
County:Dane
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:negative, original
Original Format Number:PH 6442.4466
Original Dimensions:5 x 4 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Photograph and longer article published in "Wisconsin State Journal" on June 15, 1952.
SUBJECTS
College students
Health
Medical equipment & supplies
People with disabilities
Periodic health examinations
Indoor photography
Women
University of Wisconsin

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