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Trybus, Raymond J.; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1980
The paper reviews data on the size and major characteristics of the population of rubella deafened children, with emphasis on those born during 1963-65. The focus is on the impact that this large group of deaf youngsters will have on postsecondary educational institutions and rehabilitation agencies during the decade of the 1980s. (Author)
Descriptors: Deafness, Demography, Incidence, Postsecondary Education
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Schildroth, Arthur; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1987
The 1984-85 Venezuelan Survey of Deaf Children collected information on 804 deaf students between ages 3 and 14. Among findings were that 29% of the cases were caused by maternal rubella, that 36% had additional handicaps, and that meningitis was the most frequently reported after-birth cause of hearing losses. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Congenital Impairments, Deafness, Early Childhood Education
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Chess, Stella; Fernandez, Paulina – American Annals of the Deaf, 1980
In a longitudinal study of children with congenital rubella, 85 deaf adolescents, 85 deaf multihandicapped, and 34 normal controls were studied with respect to impulsivity. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Conceptual Tempo, Congenital Impairments
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Honda, Hideo; Shimizu, Yasuo; Rutter, Michael – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: A causal relationship between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and occurrence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has been claimed, based on an increase in ASD in the USA and the UK after introduction of the MMR vaccine. However, the possibility that this increase is coincidental has not been eliminated. The unique…
Descriptors: Incidence, Autism, Immunization Programs, Foreign Countries