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AUDIOMETRY AND AUDIOLOGY
Details are given below of audiometric primary testing carried
out during the year:—
Number of primary schools visited 40
Number of children tested 2,863
Number of primary failures 201
Number of middle schools visited 15
Number of children tested 3,558
Number of middle failures 134
A total of 6,421 children in primary and middle schools were
tested, of these 335 failed the audiometric test. In 1970, 4,784 children
were tested and there were 429 failures.
SPEECH THERAPY
The Authority has a complement of three whole-time and one
part-time Speech Therapists. One whole-time Speech Therapist is
allocated to each of the three areas of Wimbledon, Mitcham and
Merton & Morden. The part-time Speech Therapist is based at St.
Ann's School, Bordesley Road, Morden.
Details of cases dealt with are given below:—
Number of sessions held: (a) for treatment 1,053
(b) for consultation 128
Number of cases on register at beginning of year 324
Number of cases added during the year 211
Number of cases discharged during year 211
Number of cases on register at end of year 324
Analysis of cases discharged during year
Children who:—
Achieved normal speech 93
Were greatly improved 67
Showed some improvement 19
Showed little or no improvement 8
Left for various reasons 24
Analysis of cases treated during year:—
Stammering 58
Cluttering 3
Dyslalia 256
Dysarthria 11
Cleft Palate 5
Defects of voice 16
Aphasia 6
Dyseria 15
Retarded speech and/or language 191
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