Auditory status of persons with intellectual disability at the German Special Olympic Games

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-90

  Neumann, Katrin ^a   Dettmer, Gabriele ^b   Euler, Harald A ^c   Giebel, Armin ^d   Gross, Manfred ^e   Herer, Gilbert ^f   Hoth, Sebastian ^g   Lattermann, Christina ^a   Montgomery, Judy ^h  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Schule Am Sommerhoffpark Frankfurt   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing disorders; Hearing screening; Intellectual disability; Mental disability; Special olympics; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY SCREENING; CERUMEN; CERUMEN IMPACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAME; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MIXED HEARING LOSS; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUMMER; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 29244444008     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500376891     Document Type: Article

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