Some residential school children in Kenora, Ont., suffered hearing loss or were rendered deaf after undergoing experimental ear-infection treatments from the school nurse, documents show.
According to a government report from Indian and Northern Health Services, students at Cecilia Jeffrey were subjected to ear treatments in 1953-54 because of “conspicuous evidence of ear trouble” at the school, such as “the offensive odour of children’s breath, discharging ears, lack of sustained attention and poor enunciation when speaking.”
Out of all the students treated, 80 were found to have hearing loss caused by wax build-up around the ear drums and 40 students were found to have active ear infections.
Source: Kingston-Whig Standard
According to a government report from Indian and Northern Health Services, students at Cecilia Jeffrey were subjected to ear treatments in 1953-54 because of “conspicuous evidence of ear trouble” at the school, such as “the offensive odour of children’s breath, discharging ears, lack of sustained attention and poor enunciation when speaking.”
Out of all the students treated, 80 were found to have hearing loss caused by wax build-up around the ear drums and 40 students were found to have active ear infections.
Source: Kingston-Whig Standard
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