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Dutch consensus on diagnosis and treatment of hearing impairment in children and adults with intellectual disability
Author(s) -
Evenhuis H. M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2788.1996.788788.x
Subject(s) - intellectual disability , intellectual impairment , psychology , identification (biology) , medicine , psychiatry , audiology , pediatrics , botany , biology
This is an abridged transiation of a recent Dutch consensus on diagnosis and treatment of hearing impairment in children and adults with intellectual disability. Available diagnostic methods are discussed. Tbe use of Oto‐Acoustic Emissions as a rapid and low‐cost objective screening method is particularly encouraged. Risk groups, protocols for early identification and diagnostic screening in older children and adults, recommendations for treatment and support, and priorities for research have been formulated.