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Another _ Kâ€"W _ skating club member. Robin Cowâ€" an, won a gold medal at the National Championships this year in the novice pairs competition. He was the first Kâ€"W member ever to win at the national level: ‘"‘As we have now been able to attract a very high calibre teaching staff, we are developing a strong senior group of high test and competitive skaters. One girl is working on her gold medal, the highâ€" est figure skating level, says Mrs. Fedy. With plans on the drawing board for their own arena,. Mrs. Fedy thinks these achievements will be just the first in a series of fuâ€" ture _ triumphs for club members. Queen Elizabéth had an extensive (and expensive» wig collection to hide her seanty locks, and Napoâ€" leon _ changed _ waistcoat fashions across Europe to make himself look taller and thinner. What some of history‘s wealthiest danâ€" dies and court ladies did The _ carnival _ rarely makes a profit and Mrs. Austen says it is the parâ€" ents of the skaters who really push it and do most of the behind the scenes work. Another highlight in the club‘s history _ occurred late last year when it played _ host _ to Skate Canada, an international skating event which atâ€" tracted top skaters from around the world. The club is also starting to develop some national calibre skaters. (Continued from page 14) show the community what they are learning. of hair, teeth or hearing) history proves that price is no object. much since the caveman first sported his fur apron. The constant chase after the latest look is a costly business, but when couâ€" pled with the need to miniâ€" mize a physical defect (shortness, girth, or loss Fashions may _ shift from the miniâ€"skirt back to the styles of the 30‘s or 40‘s, but human vanity, it seems, _ hasn‘t _ changed Ice time major concern History of hearing aids include the bizarre Small _ fortunes _ were spent by leaders of fashion on various aids to hearing, and even on wooden denâ€" tures, If some of those who suffered under these instruâ€" ments of forture could see the _ sophisticated _ aids available today, the reâ€" sults achieved (and the comparatively _ modest priceâ€"tags) there _ would undoubtedly be an upâ€" heaval in many an ancient burial ground, says Joseph D. MacDonald, president of the Ontario Hearing Aid Association. During _ Regency _ and Victorian days, ear trumâ€" pets came in many fashionâ€" able (but cumbersome) styles. Those who could afford such an aid might choose from the Banjo or Londonâ€" Dome models of __ ornately _ decorated polished brass, or a flatâ€" tened version which could be concealed in a leather pouch. Young _ women favored ear scoops and headâ€"bands which could be hidden in their elaborate coiffures. Although ear trumpets or tubes did serve‘ to conâ€" centrate _ sound _ energy through limiting the pathâ€" way to the ear, their main aid was to alert the speakâ€" er to talk more loudly, Macâ€" Donald says. Other bizarre devices inâ€" cluded hearing urns locatâ€" teeth makes fascinating {and horrifying)> reading. But a recent study by the Ontario Hearing Aid Assoâ€" clation shows that efforts to cope with dealness without appearing to do so have really taxed man‘s ingenuity down _ through the ages. Dealf aids and instruâ€" ments, _ speaking _ tubes and trumpets were being invented and used as far back as the Crusades, when the Albigenses (a religious sect in northern France) argued the comparative merits of stag, boar, reinâ€" deer or other animal horns to ‘"‘bring the said words close"". The poorer citizenâ€" ry fashioned tubes from large, rolledâ€"up leaves, or jJust cupped their hands around the ear. We honor . . . D.V.A., Blue Cross, Green Shield and Welfare Drug Plans. By the way. we deliver at no charge to you. . Wwestmount place & pharmacy 578â€"8800 60 Westmount Rd. N. westmount place pharmacy OPEN ... 7 DAYS A WEEK MONDAY to SATURDAY § _9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Other would be cures which enjoyed brief popuâ€" larity through the years inâ€" cluded medicated earpieces, electric belts, special diets guaranteed to restore hearing, and devices that sputtered sounds or flashâ€" ed colored lights. The sporting blood could have his binoculars fitted with a binaural ear trumâ€" pet, the barrels of the binâ€" oculars acting as resonaâ€" tors to amplify the sound and channel it to the ears. If you couldn‘t afford such luxuries, you might, in the 13th century have tried inserting a lion‘s brain into your ear, lubriâ€" cated with some strong oil. Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century scholar, maintained he could cure deafness by holding a lion‘s right ear (jJust cut off, of course) over the patient‘s ear, while muttering an incantation. More recent healers preâ€" scribed auditory massage produced by ear exercises. Mobility was often sacriâ€" ficed for vanity, Special chairs were built with the backs shaped like the prow of a canoe, focussing the sound to the ears of the occupant In 1819, King Goa VIl of Portugal had an elaborate throne constructed with trumpet bells built into the armrests, connected to his ears by tubes. Kneeling courtiers spoke into concealed resonator$ in the arms. wooden\"bit gripped beâ€" tween the teeth, Despite its high cost, this one only functioned for those with a sturdy set of uppers‘ beards and bonnets, and even an acoustic fan. This popular device, made of flexible vulcanite with a handle, was held with the top edge against the upper teeth _ Sound _ vibrations were _ gathered _ through the fan area and conductâ€" ed via the teeth and bone into the inner ear area. Teeth also played a maâ€" jor role in the Dentaphone â€"a round, flat case frontâ€" ed by a thin, coneâ€"shaped diaphragm. The user held the device in his hand and received sound via a small ed near the chair of the alllicted person, acoustic 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. SUNDAYS and HOLIDAYS Waterioo Today, hearing aid dealâ€" ers work closely with mediâ€" cal doctors to provide and service reliable and effecâ€" tive hearing aids, MacDonâ€" ald says. The highly sensiâ€" tive and cosmetically atâ€" tractive â€" lightweight aids available today at reasonâ€" able cost are the culminaâ€" tion of thousands of years of research, which began as far back as the Greek phyâ€" sicianâ€"writer Claudius Galâ€" en. The modern hearing aid is a sophisticated electronic instrument difficult to deâ€" sign and requires special skills to fabricate, accordâ€" The drive to hear distinctâ€" ly while at the same time concealing total or partial deatness has led to cruel exploitation through the years, MacDonald says, and some of these fraudulent methods and devices have persisted until fairly recentâ€" ly. As late as the 1920‘s, an inventory galled Charles Fensky who claimed to have produced an audioâ€" phone which, he said, was radiumized by a substance called hearium, was exposâ€" ed by the American Medical Association. 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