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Direct linkJohnston, Trevor – Sign Language Studies, 2006
According to enrollments in schools for the deaf and data from the national census and neonatal hearing screening programs, the incidence of severe and profound childhood deafness in Australia is, and has been, less than commonly assumed. Factors implicated include improved medical care, mainstreaming, cochlear implants, and genetic science. Data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Population Trends, Genetics
