Was Ear Disorder's Link to Pregnancy a Nazi Plot?

[Editorial]

A study has been carried out in which the long accepted notion that pregnant women with otosclerosis, a degenerative disease of the ear bone, are at heightened risk of hearing loss and even deafness has been reputed. Dr William Lippy an Otologist of Ohio (USA) presented the findings this week at the Triological Society's annual meeting. Dr Lippy said, "women with the disease who had children, regardless of how many, had no worse hearing than women who'd never had children." For the last 66 years, physicians have been taught that pregnancy can worsen otosclerosis in women. With further investigation the source for this misinformation was traced to a 1939 seminar held by German physicians. At the time, their speculation of an otosclerosis pregnancy link was used by the Nazi government to promote genetic purity in the Aryan race. No one knows what causes the acceleration of the disease. However other possible causes being looked at include: hormonal changes, German measles in childhood and a vitamin D deficiency. - Health Day News, USA Research, 20th May 2005 (see also related news story on Medical News Today, 21.05.05 - editorial)

[AcousticS]

At first I was shocked when I had read "Nazi Plot".

I can excuse myself as a German for the history and do everything to ensure that such a crime never again repeated.

Perhaps this is in addition to the interesting article but also this interesting?

At exactly the same ages, experiments were carried out on this show how a too high noise level affects the ears.



In the first two images of the TTS is considered.
The hearing may be in total silence between 17 and 20 hours of almost complete (for example: Disco visit).



At the two lower images of the PTS is considered.
The ear receives a standing acoustic noise from the ear. It is considered the long term effect (over years). Up to the expiration of the “Cortiorgan”.