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J Dancer

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At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed2001

Should identification audiometry include a screening for depression among residents of upper socioeconomic retirement centers?

40 older residents living in three upper socioeconomic retirement centers were screened for hearing loss, hearing handicap, and depression. Those participants who showed loss on the hearing screening or the hearing handicap screening were no more likely to score as depressive on the Geriatric Depression Scale than were those who showed no loss on screening. Results suggest that hearing loss and depression should be routinely but independently monitored in settings with affluent older adult residents.

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PubMed2000

Comprehension and production of gestures by children with normal and impaired language at ages 4, 5, and 6.

12 children with normal verbal language, ages 4, 5, and 6, were matched with 12 children with impaired verbal language. When the two groups were compared for comprehension and production of nonverbal gestures as well as verbal language, the latter group scored more poorly in both areas. Implications for speech-language pathologists and other professionals in the assessment and remediation of language in language-impaired children are mentioned.

Age Factors↗
PubMed2000

Language performance in three groups of children with sickle cell disease: those with stroke, without stroke, and at risk for stroke.

Language performance was assessed in three groups of children (16 boys and 14 girls) with sickle cell disease: those with stroke, without stroke, and at risk for stroke. Scores of the three groups did not differ significantly on language comprehension, language expression, spatial orientation, or on overall combined performance scores. Such results have positive medical implications.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1999

Identification of gifted deaf children: a complex but critical educational process.

11 deaf students in a large midwestern school for the deaf were divided into gifted and nongifted groups by ratings of teachers and school administrators. There were six subjects in the gifted group (3 boys and 3 girls) and five subjects in the comparison group (3 boys and 2 girls). There was no statistically significant difference between mean raw scores of the two groups on Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices. Also, teachers' rankings of the subjects identified as gifted did not correlate significantly with their Raven scores. Identification of gifted deaf students is too complex to be based only on teachers' ratings.

Attitude↗
PubMed1999

Classroom management programs for deaf children in state residential and large public schools.

Personnel in 4 randomly selected state residential schools for the deaf and 3 randomly selected large public schools with programs for the deaf were surveyed to assess the types of management or disciplinary programs and strategies currently in use with deaf students and the rated effectiveness of such programs. Several behavioral management programs were identified by respondents, with Assertive Discipline most often listed. Ratings of program effectiveness were generally above average on a number of qualitative criteria.

Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorder↗
PubMed1998

Prenatal alcohol exposure and communication, behavior, and nonverbal intelligence of 3 school-age children.

Associations of prenatal alcohol exposure in speech, language, behavioral, and intellectual development were investigated in three school-aged children diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, accompanied by Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Each child showed similar patterns of moderate-to-severe dysfunctional behavior; however, their scores on speech, language and nonverbal intellectual measures were highly variable.

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity↗
PubMed1998

Note on ambient noise levels in head start speech-language therapy rooms.

Only one speech-language therapy room of ten at preschool Head Start centers met the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA) requirements for ambient noise levels in educational settings. Preschoolers with speech-language disorders need ideal circumstances for therapy, which may be achieved through environmental changes or assistive listening devices.

Child, Preschool↗
PubMed1998

Reading comprehension strategies used by deaf middle-school students.

13 reading strategies of deaf adolescent boys and girls attending residential middle schools were compared. Boys reported the lower-level strategy of reading aloud more often than girls. Both reported top strategies of asking someone to explain (dependent) and rereading and looking at the pictures (independent).

Adolescent↗
PubMed1997

Deaf adolescents' knowledge of AIDS. Grade and gender effects.

Adolescents attending 5 state schools for the deaf responded to a 35-item questionnaire designed to probe their knowledge of AIDS. The 129 students in grades 9-12 had extremely limited core knowledge of AIDS, with the correct answers to only 8 of the 35 questions known by most students in all 4 grades. A minority of males and females knew the answers to most questions, indicating that AIDS education programs for deaf adolescents are urgently needed.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1997

Communication screening in older adults with vision loss.

25 older adults with vision loss participated in a communication screen which included hearing, speech-language, and a self-assessment of communication. 64% failed at least two of the three screenings, suggesting that routine screening might identify older adults with vision loss who need rehabilitation in communication as a complement to visual rehabilitation.

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