News posted on February 08, 2009 06:31
Anyone who knows Chiropractic history remembers that the very
first adjustment over 110 years ago by Dr. D.D. Palmer restored the
hearing to Harvey Lillard after 17 years of deafness. A recent study
supports this result.
Dr. Palmer examined Harvey and determined he had a bone out of
place in his spine. With the gentleman's permission, Dr. Palmer
administered what was the very first purposeful and intentional
Chiropractic adjustment. Mr. Lillard's hearing was restored as a
result.
Now, a 2006 test reported in Chiropractic & Osteopathy showed
what could be considered quite a remarkable success rate when a
Chiropractic adjustment was administered to a test group of 15 people
with documented hearing loss.
Each of the participants was hearing tested prior to any treatment,
and then received just a single Chiropractic adjustment.
Subsequently, each had their hearing tested again.
Most of the participants experienced significant hearing improvement
using a standardized testing process known as the Ventry and
Weinstein criteria. Tests were made and results reported in differing
sound volume ranges, known as decibels (dB).
At the level of normal conversation of 40 dB, 6 of the subjects had
hearing restored, 7 showed improvement and 2 had no change. That is
87% of the patients showing improvement. At the level of quiet conversation but louder than a whisper of 25 dB, 11 patients or 73% had improvement.
The results of this single test do lend definite credibility to the original
story of Dr. Palmer's success. According to researchers, this documented case study provides support to the fact that hearing improvements may result with Chiropractic care.
SOURCE: http://www.kidchiropractic.com/index.php?file=/nyk/currentNewsletter.html
Chiropractic & Osteopathy. www.chiroandosteo.com