Abstract:SUMMARY
A standardised test for lip‐reading ability was given to 47 girls in a school for the hearing impaired in order to determine any connection between lip‐reading ability and intellectual function, visual acuity, perceptual ability, retinitis or other handicap. All cases were deaf at birth as the result of maternal rubella; in the majority of cases infection occurred within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The only factor which appeared to have a slight association with lip‐reading ability was the degree … Show more
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