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Hearing loss and treatment in young Down's syndrome children
Author(s) -
CUNNINGHAM CLIFF,
McARTHUR KIM
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1981.tb00852.x
Subject(s) - conductive hearing loss , hearing loss , audiology , medicine , test (biology) , decongestant , distraction , pediatrics , physical therapy , psychology , anesthesia , paleontology , antihistamine , neuroscience , biology
Summary Twenty‐four home‐reared Down's syndrome children aged 9–32 months were assessed by trained audiologists on three separate occasions (summer, autumn and spring 1977–1978). Distraction test procedures were used; all failed to pass the screening test and 80–85% registered as having moderate to profound losses. Seventy‐five per cent were categorized as having a conductive loss and some improvements were found over the test sessions as a result of surgical and decongestant treatment. Approximately 50% of the infants had been passed on similar screening procedures by the local health services. The results are discussed in relation to language development and service needs.