Pre-school children with impaired hearing in Göteborg 1964-1980.
Pre-school children with impaired hearing in Göteborg 1964-1980.
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1964 年至 1980 年哥德堡听力受损的学前儿童。
DOI:
10.3109/00016488209108896
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发表时间:
1982
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A. Kankkunen
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作者:
A. Kankkunen
Two audiological test methods - Respiration Audiometry and Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA) - have been developed at the Department of Audiology, Sahl-grenska Hospital, Goteborg. The most suitable age for Respiration Audiometry is neonatal period up to 5 months and for VRA 10 months up to 2 years. A programme for early identification of hearing impairment in children was started in Goteborg in 1970. The programme included identification of high-risk infants at maternity hospitals, information to parents about hearing and language development and screening of hearing at the child welfare clinics at the age of 8 months and again at the age of 4 years. Children who failed the screening test underwent hearing assessment at the Department of Audiology. During a ten-year period (children born 1970-1979) 179 children with impaired hearing had their hearing impairment diagnosed. Seventeen per cent of them were high-risk children from maternity hospitals, 28% came from child welfare clinics, 24% from other me...