Abstract
When a deaf child is examined it is always uncertain whether the vibration of the testing instrument is heard or felt. This uncertainty exists even when the examiner has taken the utmost pains to make the child understand that the report of hearing alone is desired. As these children usually are not advanced in receiving and understanding communication, the idea that the examiner wishes to convey is often uncertain in the child's mind. The method recommended at present is one of mimicry. The child stands in front of the examiner, and sees him strike a fork and hold it to his ear; he sees him incline the head as if listening; he sees him look off into space and nod the head affirmatively. The fork is struck again, and is put to the child's ear (the fork being held vertically, with the flat side of the tine toward
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