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Cattey, Tommy J. – Mental Retardation, 1985
Puretone auditory assessment of 21 adults with severe to profound mental retardation indicated that a bivariate plotting procedure of predicting hearing sensitivity from the acoustic reflexes should be included in an audiological test battery for this population. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Audiology, Audiometric Tests, Auditory Evaluation
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Decker, T. Newell; Wilson, Wesley R. – Mental Retardation, 1977
Examined was the use of Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (use of a moving toy animal to reinforce head turning to sound) in measuring hearing thresholds of 28 institutionalized profoundly retarded persons (9-28 years old). (CL)
Descriptors: Audiometric Tests, Auditory Evaluation, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
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Lancioni, G. E.; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1990
This study examined the use of air-puff conditioning audiometry in the hearing assessment of 12 multiply handicapped (including severe/profound mental retardation) subjects, ages 9-32. Ten subjects reached criterion conditioning and then completed the hearing assessment with the air-puff procedure while one reached criterion with a modified…
Descriptors: Adults, Audiometric Tests, Auditory Evaluation, Children
Bricker, William A.; Bricker, Diane D. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Audiometric Tests, Auditory Evaluation, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
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Silva, Dennis A.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1978
Residual hearing capabilities of nine severely and profoundly retarded deaf-blind children (7-13 years old) were determined with an operant procedure that allowed the children to respond by making a selection between two responses, one which resulted in the presentation of auditory reinforcement or one which resulted in no reinforcement.…
Descriptors: Audiometric Tests, Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Stimuli, Deaf Blind