Hearing Loss in Aging Mentally Handicapped Persons.

Cooke, Leila B.

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ERIC Number: EJ416571

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Hearing Loss in Aging Mentally Handicapped Persons.

Cooke, Leila B.

Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, v15 n3-4 p321-27 1989

The survey of hearing loss among residents (N=398) of a long-stay hospital for persons with mental handicap found 10 percent of those over 18 and 70 percent of those aged 70-79 had socially significant hearing loss. Possible reasons are offered for this higher prevalence in the mentally handicapped population and for poor utilization of hearing aids. (DB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Hearing Aids, Hearing Impairments, Incidence, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Older Adults

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Aging.