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" Dec. 13, 1879. [Second Letter.]
" The Audiphone came O. K. By its aid I am now able to join in general conversa- tion, which I have not been able to do for eighteen years. "H. K. TAYLOR, ** Cleveland, O."
" Nov. 21, 1879.
" The 'Phone at hand ; and on trial even more satisfactory than could be expected at first use. My wife and friends are delighted and enthusiastic over it. They are rejoiced that I can hear, and I am glad that it no longer requires an effort on their part to enable me to do so. "E. C. ELY (firm, Reynolds & Ely),
" Oct. 4, 1879.
" Peoria, Ills."
" 114 South Twenty - First Street, Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 15.
" Messrs. Rhodes & McClure .- The Audiphone arrived safely, and I hasten to assure you of its perfect success for my hearing. In ordinary conversation I can not use it against the eye-teeth as it makes the voices too loud, although the Audiphone is scarcely drawn. I entered into general conversa ion with perfect ease, last evening, for the first time for five or six years. A melodeon or piano I hear distinctly at great distances. Reading aloud is also easily heard. My family and friends are so rejoiced at my success, and regard the instrument in wonder. My physician is delighted with it, and thinks, as my deafness arose greatly from nervousness, that the Audiphone will stimulate the audi- tory nerve, and possibly benefit or restore my sense of hearing. The terrible strain being taken from my mind gives me such rest and good spirits that I almost forget my deafness. " Yours very truly, " MRS. F. A. LEX."
" Messrs. Rhodes & McClure .- The Audiphone, per Adams' Express, arrived all right, and my wife is delighted with it. She has been to the theater and other public entertain- ments, and for the first time in twelve years was she able to hear all that was said.
"Dec. 9, 1879. " H. A. BARRY, 26 Post Office Ave., Baltimore, Md."
"My Audiphone is the wonder of the day. It helps me wonderfully in conversation. "B. H. MULFORD, ESQ., Montrose, Pa."
. " My deafness is of long standing, having originated from an attack of scarlet fever more than thirty years ago. The hearing in each ear is defective and in one almost com- pletely impaired. The Audiphone forwarded has been tested in ordinary conversation and also by attendance upon the opera and perfectly subserves the purposes for which it was intended. My hearing when using the instrument is as acute as though no infirmity existed and the effect of the use of the instrument has appreciably toned up and improved the auditory organs-so much so as to have attracted the attention of my family.
" I have exhibited the instrument to several friends afflicted with deafness. Among the parties who have determined to use your invention are Judge McCorkle, of California ; Gen. Boynton, of the Cincinnati Gazette ; and General Markham, a resident of this city. All of these gentlemen are afflicted with defective hearing.
" G. W. CARTER,
" Nov. 28, 1879.
Washington, D. C.
" I find that the more accustomed I become to the use of my Audiphone the better results do I obtain, and having been quite deaf for over thirty years I can assure you it is a great gratification to be able to attend any place where public speaking is going on and . hear all that is uttered by the speakers-a pleasure that has been denied me all that time. Nov. 26, 1879. " JOHN B. SCOTT, New York."
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PERSONAL TESTIMONY.
" It answers the purpose admirably. Has created quite a sensation among my friends. "Sept. 21, 1879. "E. F. TEST, Claim Agent, U. P. R. R., " Omaha, Neb."
" Your Audiphone to hand. The lady (my sister) has tried it and finds she can hear now an ordinary conversation which she can not do without it. I would not part with it for ten times its cost. "W. W. EVANS,
" Grant Locomotive Works, Paterson, N. J." " Sept , 1879.
" I procured an Audiphone yesterday and can already hear quite well an ordinary con- versation. "HENRY MILNES, Cold Water, Mich."
" Music clear in any part of the room. To say that I am gratified would only express moderately how I feel. ".G. H. PAINE, Freemont, Neb., Sept. 30, 1879."
" The Audiphone is a great benefit to me. Without it music is a confused murmur of sounds ; with it I can hear the different parts as well as I ever could.
" Dec. 6, 1879.
" ABBIE WEST, Canton, Ills."
" I am satisfied from experiments which I have witnessed that, excepting instances in which the Auditory nerve is totally paralyzed, all the deaf may, by its help, be enabled to hear and intelligently converse. "REV. S. H. WELLER, D.D., Morrison, Ills."
" I have been deaf for thirty years, but can now hear distinctly with the Audiphone. " JOHN ATKINSON,
" Sec., Treas. and Sup't Racine (Wis.) Gaslight Co." " Sept. 19, 1879.
"St. Joseph's Institute, "Fordham, (near New York City,) Dec. 4, 1879.
"On Tuesday, the 2d inst., the Audiphone was tested by a number of pupils of the Institute with the following results :
" Cecilia Lynch, aged 16, is supposed to have been deaf from birth. It has, however, been remarked that she could hear very loud sounds and could sometimes distinguish her own name if spoken in a loud tone by a person quite close to her. She says also that she sometimes hears the strains of the organ in the chapel, but so far from deriving any pleasure from the music the confused sounds are very di agreeable to her. By the use of the Audiphone she not only heard distinctly but could repeat almost every word spoken to her. As she has been instructed in articulation and reads easily from the lips it was thought that this knowledge assisted her.' One of the persons present then stood behind her and repeated several words which she readily imitated, thus proving, beyond a doubt, the value of the Audiphone.
" Annie Toohey, aged 10 years, became deaf at the age of three from spinal meningitis. It was supposed that her hearing was completely destroyed, but on applying the Audiphone. to her teeth she heard and distinctly repeated after Mr. Rhodes several of the letters of the alphabet. This little girl has begun to make considerable progress in articulation, but up to the day on which she tried the Audiphone the vowel E appeared to be an insurmount- able difficulty to her ; by the aid of the Audiphone she repeated it with perfect distinctness. " Another little girl, Sarah Flemming, also heard the voice of Mr. Rhodes and others; who spr ke to her. As in the preceding case, her deafness was caused by spinal menin- gitis, by which she was attacked when five years of age. By the aid of the Audiphone she was able to repeat several sounds.
" Several others tested the Audiphone with more or less success.
"MARY B. MORGAN, Principal."
In a later letter (Dec. 12) Miss Morgan states : " No doubt the Audiphone will be of great service to our pupils."
" Western and Atlantic R. Co. Office Treasurer. " Atlanta. Ga., Nov. 18, 1879.
" Messrs. Rhodes & McClure .- Will you please send me a Conversational Audiphone by Express C. O. D., the price of which is $10. as per advertisement.
" Very respectfully, "W. C. MERRILL, Sec. and Treas. W. & A. R. Co."
" Please send me another Conversational Audiphone by Express."-(Telegram from. W. C. Merrill, Nov. 24, 1879.)
" Please send me Concert Audiphone by Express."-(Telegram from same, Dec. 9.)
", lease send me Conver ational Audiphone bv Express."-(Telegram from same, De- cember 12.) [\.B .- Mr. Merrill is not an agent. He purchased these Audiphones, per telegram, for friends who had seen his instrument.]
" R. S Rhodes, Esq .- Dear Sir .- I avail myself of this opportunity to tender to you my best wishes for the success of your philanthropic invention. ยทยท Yours, " JAMES J. BARCLAY,
" Dec. 9, 1879.
" Sec. Penn. Institute for Deaf and Dumb, Philadelphia."
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THE AUDIPHONE.
FROM THE PRESS.
" We have seen and tested the Audiphone, to which we feel under obligations be- cause alone of the magical and blessed boon it has proved to several loved personal friends. In some cases the relief has been instantaneous, magical, and, to the patients, overwhelm- ing. We have seen friends burst into glad tears and sink quietly to the floor under the glad stroke of gratitude and joy."-N. W. C. Advocate (from the Editor, Dr. Edwards).
" Each note of the musician and each tone of the singer come as clearly and distinctly as they did before my sense of hearing was impaired."-Hon. Joseph Medill, Editor Chicago Tribune.
" A man deafer than Edison has shown, by the Audiphone, that people born deaf or made deaf by disease. can actually be made to hear to a greater or less extent."-Detroit Free Press. Nov. 25, 1879.
" It is valuable, and will materially help in the education of children like those at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and will doubtless prove an effective aid to the many people of impaired hearing. Its discovery therefore is a cause for congratulation, and its attractive appearance and convenience for use, so different from the old-fashioned ear trumpet, will serve to bring it largely into use."-Hartford (Conn.) Courant.
"Deaf mutes were able to hear the music of the piano when at a considerable distance from the instrument."-N. Y. Observer's Report of Private Exhibition.
" This wonderful invention promises to be one of great value."-Illustrated N. Y. Christian Weekly.
"Mr. Rhodes has shown that people born deaf, or made deaf by disease, can actually be made to hear."-New York World.
" Tests were satisfactorily applied to several members of a class of deaf mutes who were present, and the pleasure at hearing sound evinced by one young girl was most interest- ing and touching. A new organ, or a new use for an organ, is discovered, if not created." -From Jenny fune's Letter in Baltimore American. Dec. 1, 1879.
" Mr. James Samuelson exhibited, in the Lecture Hall of the Free Library, Liverpool, England. an instrument designed as an aid to the deaf-the Audiphone -which he met with during his late visit to America. The general result appeared to be that, provided the auditory nerve itself was in a healthy condition, the Audiphone was of great .assistance to deaf persons."-Liverpool Daily Post. Dec. 2, 1879.
" No spectacles will give a blind man sight, but the new instrument does give a deaf man hearing."-The Interior. Sept. 8, 1879.
" We have seen persons hear sound in this way (with Audiphone) who never knew what sound was."-Advance.
" Catharine Lewis, a young lady, also an inmate of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Philadelphia, ordinarily was able to hear a very loud voice. With the Audi- phone she could hear and repeat words uttered in a conversational key."-Philadelphia Record's Report of Exhibition in Philadelphia. Dec. 9, 1879.
" Not a few of the interested auditors were enabled to follow the proceedings by means of Audiphones, and all such cheerfully added their testimony to the great amelioration of what was, in some cases, almost total deafness of many years' standing."-Philadelphia Times' Report of Philadelphian Exhibition. Dec. 9, 1879.
" At last the deaf are made to hear. Failing to hear through the front door of the ear the Audiphone carries it to the back."-Concord (N. H.) Daily Monitor. Novem- ber 25, 1879.
" The deaf-mutes were enabled to distinguish the difference between sounds, and en- joyed the singing of one of the ladies."-New York Tribune's Report of Exhibition. Nov. 22, 1879.
" The mutes tested the Audiphone. A young man who had been deaf from infancy heard words spoken in the tone of ordinary conversation."-New York Sun's Report of Exhibition. Nov. 22, 1879.
" In this invention Mr. Rhodes has proved himself a benefactor."-The Standard. Sept 25, 1879.
" A very valuable Invention."-Evening (Milwaukee) Wisconsin, Editor, }. F. Cramer. Oct. 1, 1879.
" The fact of hearing through the medium of the teeth has long been known, but it "has remained for the inventor of the Audiphone to utilize this fact for the benefit of the afflicted."-New Yorh Star. Nov. 22, 1879.
" A class of deaf-mutes from the Washington Heights Asylum were present, and the tests with them were quite satisfactory. Some heard the notes of the piano for the first time."-New York Evangelist's Report of New York Exhibition. Nov. 27, 1879.
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FROM THE PRESS.
"Seems to discount any of the instruments invented by Edison to aid the hearing."- New Orleans Tintes. Nov. 27, 1879.
" The invention will have practical value."-New York Herald.
" It is all the inventor claims it to be." Evansville (Ind.) Journal. Nov. 30, 1879.
" The Trial was an eminent success."-Boston Traveler. Dec. 2, 1879.
" It has been tested with remarkable results in the Indiana Institute for the Deaf." -- Dr. Foote's Health Monthly. December, 1879.
" The Audiphone, for the deaf, is likely to supersede the ear trumpet altogether ; is not at all objectionable to carry or to use, and enables thousands who never heard a sound in their lives to distinguish letters, words and music for the first time."-Church Union. November 29, 1879.
" Immense value for the deaf."-The Faderneslandet. Sept., 1879.
" The deaf, who had only heard conversation by its being shouted in a very loud tone or by the use of the ear trumpet, found that they could hear conversation in the ordinary tone with considerable ease." .- Providence (R. I.) Journal Report of Experiments in Providence, R. I.
" Has proved a signal success."-Albany (N. Y.) Press.
" Would be easily mistaken for a fan."-Democrat and Chronicle.
" In many cases of deafness, where the auditory nerve iseimpaired, the Audiphone can be of no avail ; but where, as is often the case, the defect is only in those parts of the ear- by which vibrations are conveyed to the nerve from without, this invention will prove a great boon."-Washington (D. C.) Post. Oct. 27, 1879.
" Will practically restore to speech and hearing a large class of afflicted persons."- Toronto (Canada) Mail. Dec. 5, 1879.
" Great benefit to those partially deaf."-Providence (R. I.) Journal. Nov 6, 1879.
" Earlier reports are fully borne out by later experiments."-Denver Times. Decem- ber 6, 1879.
" Mr Rhodes was warmly congratulated by the company, and Mr. Peter Cooper spoke of his invention as a blessing and a godsend to the afflicted."-Correspondent's Report of New York Exhibition, in Chicago Inter-Ocean. Nov. 29.
" A new and ingenious device by which the deaf are enabled to hear through the medium of the teeth."-New York Graphic. Nov. 21. 1879.
"One of the wonders of this day of telephones, phonographs and the like, is the Audiphone, invented by Richard S. Rhodes, of Chicago, which enables deaf people to hear with their teeth. People who have once heard, but have grown deaf, and thus know the meaning of sounds and can talk themselves, practically have perfect hearing restored by the use of the Audiphone."-Springfield Republican.
" Had it in our possession not more than two minutes before we were satisfied that it was at least all that we anticipated, but have since found it to be much superior to antici- pations. Besides, we find it to improve by use, also to improve our natural hearing, which is remarkable."-Editor Germantown Telegraph, Philadelphia, Nov. 26, 1879.
" With a little practice the sounds thus received are interpreted the same as if they reached the nerves of hearing through the ear."-Scientific American.
The Audiphone is Patented throughout the civilized world.
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EXPERIMENTS WITH THE AUDIPHONE ON A CLASS OF DEAF MUTES IN NEW YORK CITY, NOV. 21. 1879. (From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Paper)
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