Failure to detect deaf-blindness in a population of people with intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 874-881

  Fellinger, J ^a   Holzinger, D ^a   Dirmhirn, A ^a   van Dijk, J ^b,c   Goldberg, D ^c  

^a Hospital St John of God   (Austria)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deaf blind; Hearing impairment; Intellectual disability; Sensory impairment; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; DEAFBLINDNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEAF-BLIND DISORDERS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350408741     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2009.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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