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WILLIAM F. WALLACE, Jr

AMA Arch Otolaryngol. 1957;66(3):299-304.

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Today it is possible for men and women who have lost all useful hearing to be successful in their respective businesses or professions.

This discussion is specifically directed to those adults who have lost all useful hearing and who come within the executive or professional categories. Persons included in this group represent a great unexploited pool of personnel talent, ability, and experience. There are many men and women who possess the requisite experience and ability for success in their respective fields, but because of lack of hearing they are presently retrogressing and their talent is going to waste.

The value of many of these people to themselves, their communities, their respective businesses or professions, and to their country could be greatly enchanced if they were merely shown the way.

There are few situations which cannot be overcome, and having undergone the experience of overcoming the handicap of deafness, I wish . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Corpus Christi, Texas

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec. 14, 1956.

William F. Wallace Jr. is a 38-year-old, 6-ft. 6-in. Texan, who has practiced law since 1941 except for time spent in the U. S. Army. Prior to Army service he had a 20 db. loss at 4000 and 8000 cps bilaterally. During Army service he insidiously lost all hearing above 2000 cps, with a slight impairment at 1000 cps. From 1945 to 1952 he specialized in oil and gas law with a very extensive practice, which was handled without any great difficulty in spite of the high-tone hearing loss. There was only a nominal amount of progressive hearing loss until 1951, when all hearing within the speech range was rapidly lost. Since then his hearing has completely deteriorated except at 250 cps, where his threshold is 75 db. Since 1952 he has diversified his activities, and is presently active as President of The Secondary Recovery Corporation of Texas (an oil company), and as an attorney, insurance man, and financing consultant. He has had training in auditory rehabilitation, and has made a remarkable adjustment.

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