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Peer reviewedMarcell, Michael M.; Cohen, Stuart – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
The hearing ability and related cognitive ability of 26 adolescents and young adults with Down's Syndrome (DS) and 26 matched subjects with trainable mental retardation (MR) were compared. Results revealed greater hearing losses in DS than in other MR individuals, especially in the high-frequency range. DS subjects with poorer hearing needed more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Auditory Evaluation, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
Download full textMarcell, Michael M.; And Others – 1990
This study explored the hearing capabilities of Down Syndrome (DS) adolescents and young adults relative to a matched sample of non-DS trainable mentally handicapped (MH) individuals, and examined the relationship between hearing ability and performance on several cognitive tasks. Samples of 26 DS and 26 MH individuals were matched on intelligence…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Audiometric Tests, Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Tests
Marcell, Michael M.; And Others – 1990
This study explored two aspects of language expression (defining words and repeating sentences) in samples of 26 Downs Syndrome (DS) and 26 mentally handicapped (MH) adolescents and young adults matched on intelligence and chronological age. Testing included language tests, a comprehensive audiological assessment, and computer-based memory…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Auditory Evaluation, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
