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D11243-1A
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- 1941-05-06 (Creation)
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Pierce County Health Department launches a program to test the hearing of pupils in the county's schools. An audiometer, in the suitcase on the right, contains a record player connected to 20 sets of earphones. Children write down the numbers they hear over the recording. Lillian Biehner, right, supervisor of county school nurses, conducts the test at Ruston School. Students in the left row are Frankie Girolami, Marjorie Dimmen, Ned Face, remainder of the row unidentified. Right row: Jimmy Tallman, Donna Canada, Margaret Norton, Vida Fraley, unidentified girl and teacher. The Pierce County Health Department was believed to be the most modernly equipped in the state for testing hearing. (T.Times, 5/9/1941, p. 11).
Public schools--Ruston; Ruston School (Ruston); Biehner, Lillian; Medical equipment & supplies; Health care--Tacoma; Pierce County Health Department--Tacoma; School children--Ruston;