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R. J. RUBEN, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1963;78(1):47-51.

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There are many patients, in all age groups, who have serious communicative difficulties secondary to nonconductive deafness. The anatomical site of the lesion causing the deafness in a particular patient is not known. The location of the anatomical site of deafness in the patient should be important to the handling of the individual.

The remedial training of the deaf child should be based upon the type of deafness that the particular child has. There should be different training techniques for those children who are deaf because of cochlear lesions, as opposed to those who have hearing problems secondary to central nervous system disease.

A correct diagnosis as to the site of deafness in the adult is necessary for the proper choice of medical treatment or remedial training. This knowledge also affects the prognosis which the physician can give to the patient.

Research in the prevention and treatment of deafness must . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BALTIMORE

From the Department of Otolaryngology, Neurophysiology Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Jan 2, 1963.

This work was supported by grants from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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