High prevalence of hearing disorders at the Special Olympics indicate need to screen persons with intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 520-528

  Hild, Ulrike ^a   Hey, C ^b   Baumann, U ^b   Montgomery, J ^c   Euler, H A ^d   Neumann, K ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Hearing loss; Hearing screening; Intellectual disability; Special Olympics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CAREGIVER; CERUMEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; OTOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORT; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; OTOSCOPY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS;

EID: 44049091109     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2008.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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