hearing impairment Dictionary Thesaurus Financial Acronyms Wikipedia hear·ing im·pair·ment ,hearing loss(hēr'ing im-pār'ment, laws), A reduction in the ability to perceive sound; may range from slight inability to complete deafness.
hearing impairment - impairment of the sense of hearing hearing disorder disability, disablement, handicap, impairment - the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" deafness, hearing loss - partial or complete ...
This study identified 17,657 children, born between 1980 and 1997, resident in the UK, with permanent bilateral hearing impairment >40 dBHL. Data are reported for a subset of 12,255 children notified by professionals in education. The data describe influences of explanatory variables on education...
In conclusion, gross differences in prevalence figures on hearing impairment are found as a result of the definition used. The variation in prevalence figures found in the literature can, at least partly, be explained by the use of different definitions. 展开 ...
hear!interjUK(imperative: endorse)(表示赞同某人的话,常用于短语“Hear,hear")SCSimplified Chinese听啊tīng ā / tīng a The Members of Parliament cried, "Hear, hear!" hear⇒viformal(listen with favor)SCSimplified Chinese倾听qīng tīng
To study the effect of the definition of hearing impairment used on its prevalence when applied to the same population, in order to explain the variations in the literature. Also to study the effect of the standard of the Dutch general practitioners association (NHG) on the number of referrals...
used in children with developmental ages of 3 to 5 years. The official definition of deafness from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is “a hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification...
Hearing impairment is common among older adults and thought to be an important predictor, although the current evidence-base is equivocal. Using the largest national database to date, competing-risk regression analysis was undertaken on 34,277 older adults having standardised home care assessments ...
2.impairment- a symptom of reduced quality or strength deterioration decay- an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair" ...
Hearing loss was defined as a PTA exceeding 25 dB per the definition of impairment by the World Health Organization14 (the level at which hearing loss begins to impair daily communication). Cognitive assessments The 3MS and the Digit Symbol Substitution (DSS) test were administered in year 5 (...