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"This man is very deaf. He used to work in Glasgow but was very soft, people took a loan of him. Dr thinks this man is very deaf which may have affected his intelligence - certainly gives the impression of low intelligence. Very dirty. [Informant] says he is mentally very very alert but very deaf and nearly blind, though he can still read. A deep thinker."

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"IQ 68, very deaf in one ear, discharging ears etc. Joined the ATC. Now earning £4 a week labouring. Living conditions: not overcrowded, fairly clean."

Relatives in survey: Siblings 3.63, 3.65, 3.66, 3.67 Father 3.68, Mother 3.69

Scope and Contents "This woman has a definite want about her [male informant]. A wee bit soft, but clean. Said to be very deaf. PC thinks all the children look "hungered", all look dull. Housing: "a wee bit pigsty" - two ends, condemned, case for Sanitary Inspector. Family relationships not harmonious - quarrelling and fighting, either parent rushing off to phone the police about the other. Dr says this woman is simple but the decenter of the two. She is a farmer's daughter, had to get married. Dr thinks this...

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"This man is a low grade defective. Ineducable, can dress and feed himself, cannot speak properly but can make his wants known. Deaf, weeping sores."

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"[Doctor] says this woman is definitely a bit backward. She is hysterical and highly strung, deaf, talks, repeats herself. No P.A. Nurse confirms deafness. Mountains out of molehills."

Relatives in survey: Son 13.26

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"This man is deaf and dumb. Mental condition much worse since goitre. Educated at Donaldson's Hospital."

Relative in survey: Father 27.46

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"This boy is very dull, but [male informant] thinks it is due to deafness. Nurse thinks that the dullness was really not due to deafness at all - people thought he didn't hear when really it was only his stupidity. Very very bad speaker, very deaf, seems dull but is good at figures."

Relatives in survey: 16.103, 16.101

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"This boy is very dull, also deaf? From nurse."

Relatives in survey: 16.102, 16.101

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"This man is stone deaf, simple, works for a coal merchant. PAO confirms: Nice, grand worker, but simple. Dr confirms that he is simple, village idiot type but not so bad. LE: steady worker. [Male informant]: nice lad, plays the fiddle. Sells coal during the week. Did fairly well at school, very willing. Absent from intelligence test."

Relatives in survey: sibling 28.184, mother 28.185

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Otosurgical approach to the internal acoustic meatus'. The paper was a contribution to the discussion of a paper by Doctor William House, given at the Second Workshop on Reconstructive Middle Ear Surgery, Chicago in February 1963.