9/69 LET'S LIVE Our 37th Year
Vo. 37 No. 9
Linda Clark Presents:
MOST DEAFNESS CAN BE CURED
HOW IS YOUR HEARING?
An estimated 15,000,000, Americans suffer partial or
complete loss of hearing. Five million of them are victims
of progressive deafness, which means that in time they will
be cut off from all sound.
A man has pioneered a unique method of treating deafness. He
was so successful that word-of-mouth praise brought him the
largest ear practice in the world. His offices occupied the
entire 29th floor of the Hotel Delmonico on Park Avenue in
New York City. For 50 years, until his death in 1963, he
treated an average of 75 patients a day, His name - Dr.
Curtis Hamilton Muncie.
Dr. Muncie discovered a means of curing most types of
deafness which has been considered absolutely incurable.
He toured the United States and several European countries,
holding free clinics and giving demonstrations of his new
found technic for increasing the ability to hear in deaf
people whose auditory nerves had not degenerated completely.
His son, Douglas J. Muncie, D.O., who has been in practice
in Miami, Florida, since 1946 and will soon open another
office in Las Vegas, Nevada, was taught the technic by his
father and is the only doctor, I know of perhaps the only one
in the world - who practices this treatment.
NOTE: Since the publication of my book GET WELL NATURALLY in
1965 I have received many letters requesting more information
on the treatment for deafness rendered by Dr. Douglas J.
Muncie of Miami, Florida. Also, as a result of my book, a
number of hard-of-hearing citizens sought Dr. Muncie's aid
and have written me that their hearing was restored - and how
grateful they are! Hence - this article on the Muncie
Method.
DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT
An accident discovery (1910) - that the Eustachian tube in
most deafness is deranged or deformed and that it is large
enough to be successfully treated with the finger - marked
the origin of this method. Let me quote from the book of
Dr. Muncie, Senior, Prevention and Cure of Deafness:
"A boy of 11 was referred to me for an adenoid operation. He
had been deaf since an attack of scarlet fever, and the best
efforts of otologists had failed to improve his hearing.
After removing his adenoids by the usual method, I examined
the nasopharynx with my finger and found lateral adenoids
remaining which had grown about the orifice of the Eustachian
tubes. I broke them down digitally, and while doing so my
finger slipped into a depression and with slight pressure
entered to the extent of about 3/8th of an inch. This I
later realized was the Eustachian tube, but at the time I did
not recognize it because anatomical texts had described the
Eustachian tube as being the size of a goose's quill and thus
too small for entrance of the finger.
"The boy's hearing was 'miraculously' restored, but in two
weeks some of the improvement was lost. In my effort to
determine how the hearing had been benefited I examined over
500 Eustachian tubes with my finger while patients were under
an anesthetic at our sanatorium. I found the Eustachian tube
is large enough to be treated digitally. I again operated
on my little patient, reconstructing his tubes, and then gave
him after-treatment to maintain the tubes in their corrected
condition until they became normal. His hearing was restored
and remained so for years afterwards."
RESEARCH
After several years of research in hundreds of cases, Dr.
Muncie consolidated his findings (1920) in concrete and
definite conclusions. He had isolated eight different types
of tubal deformity, of all which cause deafness, and
developed and perfected a specific technic for correction of
each deformity, which he called "Reconstruction of the
Eustachian Tubes," and treatment for normalization of each
type.
Dr. Muncie's conclusions checked consistently with
physiology, anatomy, pathology and physics, but obviously
disagreed with many time-honored medical theories. His
discoveries combine to make the Muncie Reconstruction
Method revolutionary, both in concept and results. In the
wake of this method were born prejudice, petty professional
jealousy, and bitter opposition by many doctors. Such is the
lot of all great scientific discoveries in their "pioneer"
stage.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EUSTACHIAN TUBES
Reconstruction of the Eustachian tubes is accomplished by a
single operation without the use of cutting instruments. An
anesthetic of nitrous oxide and oxygen is administered. Then
the sensitive finger of the aurist determines the exact type
and extent of the tubal deformity, as well as the condition
of the surrounding tissues, and by means of molding process
the deformity of the Eustachian tube is corrected.
A small instrument which Dr. Muncie invented is then
introduced via the patient's mouth, opening the osseous
labyrinth, the half-inch section of the tube which cannot be
dilated because it is surrounded by bone and in most cases is
also closed. The average case requires less than eight
minutes! The patient rests for one hour, the hearing is
tested and compared with the original test, and he returns
home. There is usually an immediate improvement of 10% or
more.
Further treatments are then given, without anesthetic, to
gently mold the Eustachian tubes so they will not become
deformed again; to further improve the hearing and make for
permanent results. Many cases achieve 20% to 50%
improvement in their hearing, most average 30% improvement.
Thus, a person having 50% hearing and wearing a hearing aid
may receive 20% to 30% improvement and will then be able to
hear normally without an aid. Other cases with a severe
hearing loss of 70% to 80% can usually be improved so they
will have normal (
70-100) hearing with the use of an aid.
Total deafness cannot be benefited, since the auditory
nerves are degenerated and cannot be restored by any method
of treatment.
TYPES OF DEAFNESS WHICH RESPOND
Dr. Muncie states, "Most deafness can be prevented and
hearing partially or completely restored to a large
percentage of cases through this corrective approach to
deafness without cutting surgery. Patients who have 40% or
more hearing are the most favorable.
"The types of deafness successfully treated over the past 59
years are: catarrhal deafness, otosclerosis, nerve deafness,
destroyed drums or suppurative deafness, Meniere's disease,
some cases of children born deaf or severe deafness in
infancy and aviation deafness. Tinnitus, or ringing in the
ears, can be cleared up in eight out of 10 cases."
TECHNICAL ARTICLES
Over the years, approximately 60 technical articles written
by Dr. Curtis Muncie and Dr. Douglas Muncie have appeared in
various medical journals, describing the results obtained
through this method of treating deafness. More than 50
Muncie Clinics were held in the principal cities of America
and Europe before scientists and physicians of all schools
and were sponsored by over 30 different scientific societies
of this profession.
THE A.M.A. AT WORK
At the Paris Clinic of Dr. Muncie Senior, in August 1924,
members of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Paris
and visiting specialists of Europe received his work so well
that it was enshrined in the International Archives of the
University of Paris, and the French Government wanted to
present the doctor with the Legion of honor. But the
American Medical Association wrote to the University and
warned that if this honor were given Dr. Muncie the A.M.A.
would send no more medical students to Paris. This was
because Dr. Muncie was an Osteopathic Physician.
The great success of the Muncie Method can be guaged both by
the wealth of clinical results (supported by scientific
background) and by criticism born of the misconception that
"it can't be done because it has never been done before."
Dr. Douglas Muncie writes, "Medical politics and
controversies should not exist when they obstruct issues of
value to life, health and hearing - the rightful property of
humanity."
NUTRITION IN DEAFNESS
Dr. Douglas Muncie supplements his corrective digital
treatment of the Eustachian tubes with the use of natural
concentrates to supply specific nutrition to the inner ear
and auditory nerve. He is a follower of natural health
methods, and claims specific natural concentrates aid in his
working with the deaf.
Straining to hear keeps the person with defective hearing in
a constant state of tension, leading to further nervous
exhaustion and irritability. This also holds true for those
who converse with the hard-of-hearing. This can cause
breached relationships - both personal and business. Of the
15,000,000 deaf people in the United States, 3,000,000 are
children whose entire lives could be ruined because of
parental indifference or lack of knowledge. With today's
advancement in medicine and surgery, there is little reason
to ignore the loss of hearing - hoping the trend will reverse
itself. Face the facts and have your hearing checked
regularly. You have nothing to lose - everything to gain,
particularly since there is now hope for hearing improvement.
MUNCIE INSTITUTE FOR HEARING
150 N.E. 96 Street, Miami 38, Florida
1940 E. Charleston, Las Vegas, Nevada
7/05/75 Dear Mr. [...]: Thank you for the address of Dr.
Muncie. Here is what he does. He will also mail free
detailed info. upon request. [...]
DOUGLAS J. MUNCIE, D.O.
DEAFNESS EXCLUSIVELY
BY APPOINTMENT
Florida Office:
150 N.E. 96 Street
Miami, Florida
(305) 751-0721 (33138)
Nevada Office:
1940 E. Charleston
Las Vegas, Nevada
(702) 382-2852
GENERAL INFORMATION
Patients who are able to hear conversation three feet or
farther from the ear, without the use of a hearing aid, or
who have 40% or more hearing as measured by an audiometer,
have responded favorably to this method of treatment and many
have been restored to normal.
This method is unique in that it corrects and REMOVES the
underlying cause of deafness without cutting surgery and
without hospitalization. This is a molding process done
entirely with the surgeon's fingers for the purpose of
correcting deformities of the Eustachian tubes, while under
a short and light anesthesia.
Post-operative treatments are required to establish maximum
and permanent restoration. In most cases immediate
improvement of hearing is established and head noises and
vertigo are eventually eliminated. The amount of Post
operative treatment varies with each individual but the
average case requires a minimum of 3 weeks. Advanced cases
require 2 or 3 more months of Post-operative treatments.
People residing within reasonable commuting distance of this
office may receive two to five treatment a week, and in some
cases two consecutive treatments a week. Patients from
distant locations remain here for two to three weeks and
receive five to six treatments a week. They may then return
home for a period of rest from treatment of three to six
months, resume further treatment periodically for a week to
two weeks at a time until the case has been completed.
No hospitalization is required and patients are not
inconvenienced or incapacitated by the operation or
treatment.
Examination fee - $25.00, Reconstruction of the Eustachian
tubes - $350.00 and up (Exact fee quoted at the conclusion of
the examination). Post-operative treatments $10.00 each,
Anesthetic - $10.00. All fees are payable at the time
service is rendered. Accounts are not opened.
11/15/81 Dr. Muncie's ltr. to [...]:
Douglas J. Muncie, D.O. (Letterhead)
Deafness Exclusively
by appointment
150 N. E. 96th Street
Miami, Florida 33138 Tel (305) 751-0721
Virginia Beach, Va.
Dear Mr. [...]:
I believe you have lost too much hearing with involvement
of the auditory nerves for me to help you but I would be
glad to examine you if you wish to be certain.
The examination is still $25.
I am enclosing a General Information sheet with more
details.
Sincerely yours, [signed] Douglas J. Muncie, D.O.
[See also
3588-1 and 960-9.]
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