Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1917 — Deaf Can Hear. [ARTICLE]

Deaf Can Hear.

An improved telephone receiver has been put on the market by the use of which it is said that even persons partially deaf can hear over the telephone. The receiver has a trumpet shaped design, with a fluted ear piece, and is so made as to shut out all external noises. It is also claimed for it that it does away with the ear-split-ting cracks which result when central is working to get a party who “doesn’t answer.”