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Visual screening in a school for hearing‐impaired children
Author(s) -
MVRDOCH HEATHER,
RUSSELLEGGlTT ISABELLE
Publication year - 1990
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.1365-2214.1990.tb00659.x
Subject(s) - generalization , allotment , hearing impaired , audiology , population , psychology , incidence (geometry) , screening test , medicine , pediatrics , mathematical analysis , ecology , physics , mathematics , environmental health , optics , biology
Summary Hearing‐impaired children use vision to compensate for impaired auditory information. This fact, and the relatively high incidence of visual defect among the deaf population, render regular visual screening essential. The Royal School for Deaf Children, Margate, caters for children with a wide range of needs; screening involving a single‐assessment structure for all pupils is felt to be inappropriate. This paper describes the implementation of a ‘tiered’ screening system, and the factors affecting allotment of pupils to particular ‘tiers’. The screening structure is illustrated by a case study, and generalization of the system to other educational settings is discussed.