Sensory and demographic characteristics of deafblindness rehabilitation clients in Montréal, Canada

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-251

  Wittich, Walter ^a,b   Watanabe, Donald H ^b   Gagné, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b MAB Mackay Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Dual sensory impairment; Hearing loss; Sensory rehabilitation; Usher syndrome; Vision loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEAFBLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYACUSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SEX RATIO; USHER SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEAF-BLIND DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYCUSIS; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; SEX DISTRIBUTION; USHER SYNDROMES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859973345     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2012.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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