VOLUME 12, NUMBER 2, JUNE 1987

THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION

A CHRONOLOGICAL RECOLLECTIVE
INTERPRETATION OF MANIFESTATION
OF AURALLY INDUCED TONAL
CATASTROPHISM -OR- WHEN AND
WHY MY EARS STARTED RINGING
BY LARRY BELLINGER
Mr. Bellinger, an ATA member, is a retired physi-
cist. He was a senior scientist for a major corporation
in aerospace development and also has pursued ap-
plications of new technology to aid the handicapped,
having served for several years on the President's
Committee for Employment of the Handicapped.
(editors note: The title of the article that follows is
Mr. Bellinger's positive response to his anger at hav-
ing to spend hours in the library looking up obscure
medical terminology found in an article published in
a recent newsletter. We apologise to him and to other
readers who were similarly disturbed. Perhaps we
can do as Mr. Bellinger suggests, that is to publish
a glossary of terms along with technical articles.)
Over the years my ears have been subjected to
a variety of insults. When I was seven or eight years
old, a lightning bolt struck about three feet from where
I stood. The concussion was enormous, and may have
been the initiating influence leading to tinnitus.
During World War II, I was involved in research
projects relating to the earliest American development
of jet engines for aircraft. In the course of this work,
I spent many hours in a relatively small vented room
into which (I was told) about 15,000 horsepower of
compressed air was exhausted through test nozzles
having a nominal opening of four to nine square in-
ches. The work I was doing required me to stand,
part of the time, about two or three feet from the nozzle.
The noise level at that point was never determined,
but it was far above the pain level. An attempt was
made to determine the noise level with a general radio
decibel meter which could read up to 125dB. When
we turned it on, the needle hit the peg and stayed
there until it was turned off.
In all fairness, it should be pointed out that our
employers were not oblivious to the problem, and
furnished us with small wads of waxed cotton for ear
protection. I suppose none of us realized the danger
of serious after-effects.
The trauma associated with working in that envi-
ronment was remarkable, and there were numerous
unusual incidents which come to mind.
During the period when the nozzle velocity was
building up to the supersonic range at which our mea-
surements were made, there were times when my
diaphragm and abdomen resonated, resulting in con-
siderable discomfort and, sometimes, severe
diarrhea.
On another occasion, a loose filling in one of my
teeth resonated, and the resulting vibration destroyed
the tooth, even though I believe my mouth was closed.
(We soon learned that keeping the mouth shut was
highly desirable.)
The tremendous noise also influenced basic
human functions, especially in the proper perfor-
mance of simple tasks. Short term memory was almost
non-existent. My work required that, at specified
times, I carry out four elementary actions in proper
sequence within about two minutes of time. After hav-
ing lost some data from the first few tests, I resorted
to a checkl ist that said, "Do this, Do this, Do this, Do
(cont. on page 2)
A CHRONOLOGICAL, cont.
that." I was able to remember to check off the last
1tem performed if it was done immediately. There were
several occasions when I fouled it up by not checking
off a step on the list.
Since some time before the end of WWII , I have
had tinnitus in both ears. For many years it was only
a nuisance. However, in the past twenty years my
hearing has deteriorated badly, especially in the right
ear,(the ringing in that ear is as loud as ever). Hun-
dreds of dollars spent on consultations and hearing
a1ds have provided very little help.
In many situations, I hear voices but am unable
to distinguish the words. In fact, I hear faint and distant
sounds quite well if their frequency is below 2000 Hz.
Watching a TV program in which there is, for example,
some variety of foreign accent, is a waste of time. I
might as well turn off the sound and watch a silent
movie without captions.
My wife and I travel a good deal with a 5th wheel
travel trailer, towed by a moderately quiet pickup
truck. I can not use my hearing aid at all in the truck
because it picks up so much wind noise that every-
thing else is blotted out. If I reduce the high frequency
gain, then all is lost.
I cannot hear pinging in the enging, but my wife
tells me about it. I can hear a police whistle if it is
nearby. Some foreign car horns sound very peculiar.
The ringing of certain telephone bells (and other
bells) is nearly inaudible to me, especially on televis-
ion.
Needless to say, social gatherings are a problem,
but if there is no background music or loud conversa-
tion, the hearing aid is helpful to some extent. In fact,
that is its main usage.
I am sure that many tinnitus sufferers are much
more severely handicapped than I, and they have my
strongest empathy. Also, there are thousands of
former service men who have been subjected to
heavy concussion from artillery and mortar fire, both
incoming and outgoing, who have difficulty hearing
at all, or elso hearing to various limited degrees. Those
who have a medium degree of tinnitus are probably
the best candidates for any non-invasive treatments
as they become available. In my opinion, these vete-
rans deserve first priority to receive whatever proven
beneficial treatment comes along to make life and
hearing even a little easier for them.

AS LONG AS I FIGHT,
I AM MOVED BY HOPE;
AND IF I FIGHT WITH HOPE,
THEN I CAN WAIT.
SELF-HELP GROUPS ARE GREAT
BY JOE BAXLEY
Mr. Baxley, an ATA member, is also a member
of the Baltimore tinnitus self-help group. He is also
writing a novel in which the main character has
tinnitus. Watch for it!
So far, the most support that I've received has
come from the Baltimore Tinnitus Self-help Group.
I can't praise the facilitator, Susan Seidel, and the
"regulars" enough. Coming together once a month
to learn about new treatments and new gadgets
designed to help block out tinnitus is secondary to
the personal contact that is received by all of us
who are aware of the problems caused by tinnitus.
But, let me regress to my personal combat with
tinnitus, and having been in combat in World War
II, I believe the use of the word is appropriate. It's
an uphill fight all the way. Just as Sisyphus pushed
the boulder up the hill only to have it roll back down
as punishment for his disobedience to the gods, a
person having tinnitus has the same discouraging
experience with one exception, why doesn't
everyone have the same punishment? What have
we done to deserve this!
It's difficult to go back over one's life and re-
member exactly when it all started. I can remember
vividly though that on occasions, when my blood
pressure would rise rapidly, a loud buzzing would
start in my ear, and on occasion I had to sit down
because I completely lost my sense of balance,
and in extreme cases the world would spin around
me. This all began after I flew in B-17 Flying Fortres-
ses as a ball turret gunner in World War II. If I was
driving, I had the good sense to pull over and stop
until! could continue. If I was in a store or at school,
I would have to sit down and try to explain what
was happening. Otten, people wouldn't believe me
and think I was drunk or having some serious med-
ical problem. This went on for about twenty years.
It didn't happen often enough to cause serious con-
cern. It was not on any regular basis. But as the
regularity increased, my wife made me see a doctor
who gave me pills containing nicotinic acid that
was supposed to open my blood vessels. This did
relieve the problem to some degree.
Finally, the attacks became more regular and
in 1975, I saw an ear, nose, and throat specialist
who sent me to a local hospital for examination. I
was given all the tests for balance and whatever
else was necessary. The doctor told me that I would
lose the hearing in my left ear in about a year. I
was vivibly upset as being an English teacher in
high school, a hearing loss could end my career
and source of income, inadequate as it was. The
doctor told me that he had been in a German con-
centration camp during the time that I was flying
bombing missions and that I helped save his life
by helping to defeat the Nazis. He had determined
that the explosion of an 88 millimeter antiaircraft
(cont. on page 4)
TINNITUS: A GUIDE FOR SUFFERERS
AND PROFESSIONALS
REVIEWED BY: TRUDY DRUCKER, PH.D.,
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER ATA
In recent years several excellent books have
been published for physicians and other specialists
who treat tinnitus patients. What was needed was
a thorough, solidly informative book for the victims
themselves, and this need has now been met with
a fine publication by two British authorities, both
psychologists, assisted by an ear-nose-throat sur-
geon.
The authors obviously wanted their book to be
comprehensive, and they have largely succeeded.
Chapters that deal with technical information, such
as the anatomy of the ear and the physiology of
sound, were prepared in a clear and interesting
way. There is a good deal of information about the
epidemiology of tinnitus gathered chiefly from the
authors' own studies in England but supplemented
by some information from the United States and
elsewhere. Some thought-provoking facts emerge:
more women than men complain of tinnitus, but
more men are exposed to the industrial noise that
would seem to be a causative factor. Young people
are subjecting themselves to the acoustic trauma
of very loud music, but tinnitus is still largely a
phenomenon of older people. Perhaps, like the
changing incidence of lung cancer among women,
it will take a generation or two before the indiscre-
tions of the young catch up with them in later life.
An especially helpful and rather reassuring
chapter explains to new patients the procedures
and experiences they will encounter in searching
for help, and the role of various involved profession-
als is carefully explained.
Dietary factors that might worsen or improve
tinnitus are discussed with appropriate caution. No
one would quarrel with the authors' suggestion that
caffeine, alcohol, and tobacco be considered pos-
sible culprits and eliminated until the patient is sure
that the agent is not part of the problem. The many
types of medical conditions that seem able to pro-
duce tinnitus are reviewed; these conditions must
of course be screened out before the most usual
diagnosis, idiopathic tinnitus, is made. Drugs that
can cause tinnitus are discussed but curiously no
mention was made of that common offender,
quinine. Drugs that have been tried as treatments
for tinnitus are discussed also, with the authors
coming to the usual discouraging conclusions.
Masking still seems the most reliable way of man-
aging many cases of tinnitus, and that valuable
technique deservedly gets a very carefully pre-
pared chapter to itself.
This work is admirably complete, with just a few
areas that might warrant further treatment in a sec-
ond edition. There is much discussion about noise,
which could be supplemented with a description
of the various types of hearing protection available
and the relative merits of each. Some tinnitus pa-
tients like to use a portable sound meter to keep
track objectively of their noise exposure; surely
these inexpensive handy devices are as easily av-
ailable in England as in the United States.
Psychological factors associated with tinnitus
are described well, as are common psychological
techniques, such as biofeedback, that are some-
times used in management. However, a psychiat-
rist friend who read the book with me observed
that more attention should be given to the patients'
interior capacities for psychological reduction of
suffering.
The book opens with a rather touching little
poem by a patient to remind us-if such reminders
are needed -that although tinnitus is not a drama-
tic or usually life-threatening affliction, it visits a
great deal of misery on many millions of people.
Attention must be paid.
Ms. Drucker, a patient of the Kresge Hearing
Research Laboratory, is a Fellow of the American
Medical Writers' Association and holds a Ph.D. in
English.
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SELF-HELP, cont.
shell just under my gun turret, combined with hav-
ing my head between two .50 caliber machine guns
was the cause of my problems. Unknowingly, the
doctor's thanking me for helping to save him got
me through some very rough experiences. Every
other doctor that I've told the story to says there is
no way that he could have known that I was going
to lose my hearing in one year.
On July 4, 1976, the doctor was correct. There
was a clicking in my left ear, like static on an old
radio, and a noise started that has continued ever
since, a constant buzzing that I can only describe
as a roaring (I'm listening now to try to find a word
to describe it, I can't). It's so loud that when other
noises are around I can't understand what anyone
is saying. I went to the VA since the doctor had
determined that it was "service connected." The
VA has a rather strange definition of "service con-
nected" that I find difficult to comprehend. The first
doctor that I saw was helpful, so helpful that he
disappeared. When a doctor is sympathetic to the
patient , the VA must release him. The second doc-
tor called me a malingerer, saying that if I had Blue
Cross and Blue Shield he could cure me in two
weeks. I left his presence in a hurry before I would
be brought up on assault and battery charges. This
angered me so much that I have never returned to

MY KIND OF SHADOW
BY PERKY HAMMEL

(WITH APOLOGIES TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON)
I HAVE A LITTLE EAR NOISE
THAT GOES IN AND OUT WITH ME
AND WHAT CAN BE THE USE OF IT
IS MORE THAN I CAN SEE
IT IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS WITH ME
THIS NOISE INSIDE MY HEAD
IT'S WITH ME WHEN I FIRST GET UP
AND WHEN I GO TO BED
IT JUST SEEMS TO HANG AROUND
ALL THROUGH EVERY DAY
LIKE AN UNINVITED GUEST
YOU WISH WOULD GO AWAY!
SOMETIMES, IT'S A BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ
OFTEN TIMES A RING
SOMETIMES, IT POPS AND CRACKS
NOT A PLEASANT THING.
DOCTORS CALL IT TINNITUS
OTHERS CALL IT BAD
ALL I KNOW IS ON SOME DAYS.
IT NEARLY DRIVES ME MAD!
the VA or put in a claim. To me this represents the
attitude of the government toward its veterans, no
matter which war he was in. But that's another story.
I attempted to continue teaching and was lucky
the first year to have many of the same students I
had had the year before in a lower grade level.
They were very supportive and helped me to regain
some measure of confidence in myself. The second
year, with new students who didn't know me
brought the realities of my problem in full focus. It
was a difficult year as were most of the following
years. My supervisors were not sympathetic, and,
as a matter of fact, when I was asked what could
be done to help me, I requested to continue to
have my classes in the trailer where I could hear
better and, I thought, do a better job. The English
supervisor said, "You can't expect special favors
just because you have a handicap. " This was the
beginning of a long period of depression, loss of
self-esteem, and confidence.! would often give the
wrong answer to a student's question. Not incor-
rect, but not the answer that fit the question. This
brought gales of laughter from the students and
they began to play jokes on me like moving their
mouths and saying nothing. It became an extremely
uncomfortable situation, especially with no support
from the principal , department head, or the English
supervisor. I felt alone. Alone in a world of people
who gave no support. I didn't want sympathy as I
raised a daughter who was born totally deaf. I gave
her support. not sympathy and she later became
the first deaf student to graduate from Towson State
University. I could now more than ever understand
her problems and what an accomplishment this
was.
I transferred to another school where I didn't
tell the students that I couldn't hear in my left ear
and had tinnitus. This really didn't help because
the same things happened; I would give the right
answer to the wrong question, bringing laughter. I
always thought the laughter was 'at' me, not 'with'
me. Finally, one day a student in desperation. trying
to get an answer to a question said, "Are you
deaf!!!" I answered, to his surprise, "Yes." At this
point, I got the first real support from some students.
They were astonished and told me that I should
have told them at the beginning. Their attitude gen-
erally became better and more supportive. For the
first time, we (the students and I) would laugh at
some of the wrong answers I gave, and someone
up front would repeat the question for me so that
I could give the correct answer. The greatest lack
of support still came from the supervisors and ad-
ministrators. They made half-hearted attempts, but
no breakthrough like the one in the classroom with
the younger, less mature students. Sometimes I
wonder about what are the qualifications for matur-
ity! The word got around the school and students
would lightly tap me on the shoulder when they
(cont. on page 5)
SELF-HELP, cont.
walked up on my left side to ask me a question.
About four years ago, my HMO doctor finally
consented to authorize a hearing test. The au-
diologists told me I had little hearing in my left ear.
I told her she should go back to school because I
had no hearing in that ear. She rechecked her
figures and discovered I was right. None of the
doctors who examined me told me the same reason
for the tinnitus and loss of hearing, again causing
personal confusion and frustration. The outcome
of this though was positive as I discovered that
there was a hearing-aid that would help me, rather
I should say aids as I wear a transmitter in my left
ear and a receiver in my right ear. My hair was
rather long when I got them and I didn't tell the
class. Some girls sitting on my left were always
giggling and I never knew why. With my new hear-
ing-aids I found out. They were telli ng dirty, I mean
vulgar jokes. I let this go on for about three days,
and in the middle of one of their jokes that I had
heard before, gave them the punch line before they
got to it. The look of astonishment on their faces is
indescribable, but the class and I laughed for at
least five minutes. Then I showed them my new
hearing-aids and I was now able to give the right
answer to most questions because I could hear
them. Later, my hearing-aids began to have prob-
lems and then the same problems developed
again. However, after sending them off three times
for repair with no success and after my wife told
them she had called the local TV station that follows
up on problems and they were very interested in
the outcome, the company replaced them. This
was at no cost to me and now I'm back to "normal"
again.
The greatest thing that has ever happened to
me though was reading in the paper about the
Self-help group. I finally got up the courage to call
and find out about it. I would never talk on the
phone because I couldn't always make out what
was being said. After some questions, Susan told
me when the next meeting was, last October 1986
and I attended. At first I was hesitant and said very
little. The second meeting I missed because of bad
weather. The third I attended and began to feel
more comfortable. Now Susan can't shut me up!
This group has completely turned my li fe around.
I enjoy teaching again, my wife enjoys me again
although after living with a moody, depressed, self-
pitying husband for ten of the thirty-nine years
we've been married, she's waiting, afraid he will
return, my children have their old father again, my
nine grandchildren have discovered their grand-
father isn't just an old grouch that they have to be
quiet around, I answer the telephone again, I've
returned to my creative interest with more gusto,
I'm having a ball. Once recently when I answered
the phone, I didn't recognize my daughter's voice,
but we talked almost an hour. Also, another daugh-
ter was shocked when I answered the phone. There
are four daughters and one son who are glad I
went to the self-help group.
I would encourage anyone with tinnitus to locate
a self-help group in your area and go! If there isn't
one in your area, start one even if you only begin
with two people. All the people in the group under-
stand your problem and since each person's tin-
nitus is unique to that person, each person has a
different method to help rel ieve their tinnitus. The
fell owship of just being with people who under-
stand, not pity, is the most beneficial thing one can
do.
Because of this short association with my group,
I have once again become involved in interesting
projects, one on a national basis that may end up
with very interesting consequences. To sum it all
up, because of joining the self-help group and
meeting the people in it, life has once again be-
come a joy. The tinnitus will never leave, but the
loneliness, depression, loss of self- esteem, and
feelings of inadequacy have gone forever! !!
1987: THE YEAR FOR GIVING.
Giving to favorite organizations always brings
personal gratification and a sense of being part of the
solution. This year, 1987, is a time when you can help
with programs to promote tinnitus research and bring
comfort to tinnitus sufferers. We'JI be happy to put your
dollars to work fighting tinnitus. Thank you for caring,
and sharing.

DID YOU KNOW THAT ....
TINNITUS SEVERELY DISRUPTS THE LIVES OF
MORE THAN ONE MILLION AMERICANS YET IT
IS A CONDITION ABOUT WHICH THERE ARE
MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION
BELIEVES THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO PROMOTE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN ORDER TO
FIND WAYS TO RELIEVE TINNITUS DISTRESS.
MEANWHILE, KNOWLEDGE IS THE BEST
WEAPON FOR COPING WITH TINNITUS. YOU
ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR
SELF-HELP GROUP PROGRAM. IF THERE IS NOT
A GROUP NEAR YOU WE WILL BE HAPPY TO
HELP YOU START ONE.
....... WRITE TO US FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDING OCTOBER
FOR THE
31, 1986
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(Complete financial statements and
annual report available for
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NEWS FROM NATIONAL
ATA HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE
FORMATION OF A COALITION OF NATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH
DEAFNESS AND HEARING PROBLEMS.
THE FIRST PILOT PROJECT OF THE GROUP
IS A RESOLUTION TO ENCOURAGE PRESIDENT
REAGAN AND CONGRESS TO INSTITUTE A
SPECIAL CENSUS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF
HEARING IMPAIRED, AND OTHERS WITH '
HEARING PROBLEMS. Below is a copy of the
resolution:
Whereas,
Whereas,
Current accurate data on
the size and
characteristics of the
hearing impaired
population is not
available and, Whereas,
information is especially
needed with regard to all
hearing impaired infants,
children and adults and,
extensive data is
urgently needed to
determine the impact of
deafness, hearing
impairment, and hearing
problems on peoples'
lives, Therefore,
be it resolved, that a
special national census
be initiated.
The purpose of this resolution is to request from
the Federal Government a special census. Each
aff!liated orga_nization is asking its membership to
wnte to Pres1dent Reagan and their local Con-
gressman requesting such a census.
YOU CAN HELP! WRITE TODAY SO THAT THESE
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WILL KNOW THE
MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM OF TI NNITUS
AND OF ALL HEARING DIFFICULTIES.
Address your letter to the President as follows:
President Ronald Reagan
The White House
Washington, DC 20005
Salutation: Sir: or, My dear Mr. President:
Address letters to Senators as follows:
The Honorable (Firstname Lastname)
United States Senate
Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20005
Salutation: Sir (or Madam): or, My dear Senator:
Address letters to Congressman as follows:
The Honorable (Firstname Lastname)
House of Representatives
House Office Building
Washington, DC 20005
Salutation: Sir (or Madam): or, My dear
Mr.,Mrs.,or Ms.

WHILE YOU ARE IN THE MOOD FOR
WRITING ........ .
If everyone who recieves this newsletter will write
a letter or postcard to Senator Moynihan, 464 Rus-
sell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
the results could be staggering! Tell the senator
that you have tinnitus and want your tax dollars
spent for tinnitus research. We have heard that
Senator Moynihan and his staff are already in-
terested in tinnitus research so let's help them by
letting them know that there are thousands (mil-
lions) of us who want them to get on with it-now.
You are, of course, welcome to write to your
own legislators in addition to writing to Senator
Mc:>ynihan. If you want to be heard in Washington,
wnte today!
Many of you are already corresponding with
your congressional delegates about tinnitus and
other items that affect you personally. This
k1nd of feedback from constituents is very important
for our representatives. How else can they know
what we want and expect of them? Some of you
have shared with us the answers that you have
received from your delegates and from other agen-
cies. Don't be confused by statements from govern-
agencies saying that they are already funding
t1nn1tus research. Sometimes projects with an ex-
tremely remote connection to tinnitus are counted.
You want to ask whether any of the results of the
projects in question will directly benefit tinnitus suf-
ferers. The kind of research that has a direct benefit
on the people who suffer from a problem is usually
called "clinical research." Then ask how large the
budgets are for such projects so that you may es-
timate the size and scope of the research.

Radio An easy and sometimes effective way
to make 1t eas1er to sleep. Tune your FM radio between
stations so that it makes a sort of swishmg noise.
Adjust the volume to your comfort and let it lull you
to sleep.
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Russell long Helen Lauer
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TRIBUTES, cont.
ANNIVERSARY CONTRIBUTOR
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Jean & Joe Wolfson
MIM Joe Befktn MIME. Abtamson
BIRTHDAY CONTRIBUTOR
BOtlhJac:lc Ginsburg Jean & Joe WOlfson
50tthlosepll WOlfson M &$Epstein
AmoldPOIIer Phy11tsTnl1ing
JeanNovlch Drucker & AJam
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Fortunato Barquero Peggy Salazar
NEW BABY CONTRIBUTOR
EncSoarez Jean & Joe WOlfson
Delfina Bonilla Alam & Orucl<.er
RECOVERY CONTRIBUTOR
Stuart Sharofsky Esther Menes
Dad's Quick Recovery Jean & Joe WOIIS0<1
BAT/BAR MITZVAH CONTRIBUTOR
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GOOD LUCK CONTRIBUTOR
Sanford Epstein Jean & Joe WOlfson
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Pablo Gu11etrez
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Richard Lavine
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taurenc:e D. Maran
Drs. Meadow and Camp, P.A.
B.J. Meek
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W. S.Nelson
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