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The most common type of hear ing loss detected at the health center is temporary due to wax impacted in the ear canal, Goswick said. These plugs of wax occur when wax From the glands in the outer ear is pro duced too rapidly. It also can be caused by pushing wax down the ear canal while at tempting to dean it, Goswick said. He advises that when cleaning to stay on the outside of the ear. “The ears dean themselves,” he said. The most common cause of hear ing loss is the normal aging of the hearing nerve, said Dr. N.D. Ship- man, an ear, a local nose and throat specialist (otolaryngologist). This gradual hearing decline usually does not begin until after age 60. The ag ing of the nerve can’t be sufficiently corrected by medical or surgical treatment, Shipman said. Some children have a different problem. Shipman said most often he sees a type of middle ear problem in chil dren called serous otitis media. This fluid behind the eardrum is remova ble through drainage and surgery, if necessary, restoring normal hearing, Shipman said. The ear is divided into three areas: the external ear, including the auditory canal; the middle ear, an air-filled cavity containing the three bones of the ear; and the fluid-filled inner ear, located in the temporal bone. Problems within the external and middle ear usually are problems of conduction and can be treated. Nerve deafness, in the inner ear. cannot be improved by surgery and rarely by medical treatment, he said. Repeated or prolonged exposure to loud noises can damage hearing, Shipman said. “People working in high noise en vironments should have their hear ing checked about every three to five months to make sure they aren’t suf fering from a frequency loss,” he said. Otherwise hearing should be checked about once every five years, unless a problem is noticed. Wearing ear plugs around loud noises and cleaning the ears with an antibiotic ear drop after swimming helps prevents hearing problems, Goswick said. “People working in high noise environments should have their hearing checked about every three to five months to make sure they aren’t suffering from a frequency loss, ” lo cal otolaryngologist Dr. N.D. Shipman says. “Realizing that problems can oc cur, being aware of symptoms early and getting problems checked out immediately is by far the best treat ment," he said. Ototoxic — ear-poisoning — drugs, cause temporary and some times permanent impairment to hearing, Shipman said. Most oto toxic drugs are controlled or pre scription drugs, he said. Susceptibil ity to nerve damage depends upon the individual. Modern hearing aids are electro nic and mainly consist of a micro phone, an amplifier and an ear phone. Hearing aids differ for each persons needs, Shipman said. “Some frequencies may need more amplification,” he said. For these people, the hearing aid is elec tronically set to amplify only those specific frequencies needed. Correction In Monday’s Battalion, the emer gency number on campus was incor rectly reported. The emergency number on campus is 991 1. The Bat talion regrets the error. Democrats open local party offices By JAMES WALKER Staff Writer Brazos County Democrats cele brated the official opening of their party headquarters Monday. Bryan Mayor Gary Halter per formed the honors in a chain cutting ceremony, a trend that has caught the fancy of Texas Democratic lead ers. The practice began when newly inaugurated Gov. Mark White, in 1982, symbolically cut a lock on a gate surrounding the Govenor’s house. White referred to it as the “lock of indifference” left by his pre decessor former Gov. Bill Clements. Although the party office has been operating since May, yester day’s opening served as an opportu nity to meet with several precinct chairmen and local area candidates. Among those present were Neely Lewis, incumbent District 14 state representative, and Dan Kubiak, candidate for U.S. Congress, 6th District. Both of these candidates will meet head-to-head with their Republican rivals Richard Smith and Joe Barton today at 7 p.m. in the Sons of Hermann Hall. Although no debate will take place, each candidate will give a speech. The event is sponsored by TREEPAC, an association of Texas realtors. Also today the Republicans will formally open their headquarters at 7:30 p.m. It is located at 3130 E. 29th Street in Bryan. George Strake, state Republican Party chairman will officiate at the gathering. MATTRESS SET $79.75 Present this ad and get $10.00 off on any mattress set purchase one cou pon per mattress set. 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The seminars informed students about available scholarships and fi nancial aid, budgeting tips and the advantages of a checking account. Another group of financial seminars are scheduled for October. Ann VanWinkle, a Texas A&M fi nancial aid counselor who helped conduct the seminars, said the low attendance at the seminars last week allowed the counselors to work more closely with the students. VanWinkle said, however, attendance should in crease at the October seminars be at cause students’ funds are lower the end of the semester. The financial aid office began work on the seminars last spring by researching the students’ money management skills. Free budgeting seminars will be held Oct. 23-25 in 230 MSG. Stu dents should contact the financial aid office for more information. Officials: enrollment stabilized University News Service Texas A&M officials Friday an nounced a fall enrollment of 36,827, saying enrollment has stabilized as a result of policies initiated two years ago to limit the school’s rapid growth during the last 10 years. The enrollment for the 12th class day — the official reporting date to the Coordinating Board, Texas Col lege and University System — re flects a decrease of 19 studfents from last fall’s record figure. The policies to control enrollment include requiring higher Scholastic Aptitute Test scores for iill new stu dents except those in the top quarter of their high school class. During the 1970s, Texas A&M more than doubled its enrollment, making it one of the fastest-growing major universities in the nation. Fall enrollment this year includes a re cord 14,369 women, about 40 per cent of the total. Texas A&M’s College of Engi neering reflected the largest de crease in enrollment, with 748 fewer students enrolled than last fall. Re quirements even more stringent than for admittance to the Univer sity are in effect for engineering programs in an attempt to cope with crowded classrooms and laboratory conditions and shortages in the tea ching ranks. The colleges of Agriculture, Edu cation and Geosciences also showed enrollment decreases over last year. The fall enrollment figures indi cate that the colleges of liberal arts and business administration report the largest increases in enrollment, with 352 and 202 more students re spectively. Texas A&M’s colleges of engi neering, architecture and environ mental design and veterinary medi cine have been the largest in the nation in recent years, and the Col lege of Agriculture has ranked sec ond. HELP!!! 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