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111
deafness
Children registered as "at risk" - 169
Tested (luring the year - 100
Premature 61
Born to Rh. negative mothers 10
Family history of deafness 6
Severe illness in infancy 5
Spastic 1
Delay in speaking 10
Parents request 7
Re-tested - 25
Deaf - Nil
Partially Deaf - 1
(Age 3 years. Fitted with hearing aid)
Thought to have some degree of deafness not requiring
immediate treatment - 8
Under 1 year of age 5
Between 1 and 2 years of age 1
Between 2 and 3 years of age 2
3>eech defects only - 6
Slow response, probably not deaf, but kept under
observation - 9
Mentally subnormal - 1
Of the 25 re-tested after preliminary screening:
10 were premature babies
3 were born to Rh. negative mothers
12 had a family history of deafness or were not
speaking by 2 years of age.
13 babies failed to attend although an appointment had
been accepted
3 children were not taken for further examination after
a doubtful result from the first test
(6 months later of these 16 -
2 had moved out of the area
1 Parent refused
9 premature babies are apparently normal
1 has promised to attend ? deafness
3 still under observation )