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DEAFNESS
Children registered "at risk" - 248
Tested during year - 172
Premature 106
Born to Rh. negative mothers 31
Family history of deafness 8
Severe illness in infancy 9
Birth injury 3
Delay in speaking 5
Rubella in early pregnancy 4
Doctor's referral 2
Parent's request 4.
Re-tested - 27
Deaf - Nil
Partially deaf - 3
(High frequency loss - under observation.)
Thought to have some degree of deafness not requiring
immediate treatment - 12
Under 1 year of age 6
Between 1 and 2 years of age 4
Between 2 and 3 years of age 2
Between 3 and 4 years of age -
Between 4 and 5 years of age 2
Speech defects only - 3
Slow response, probably not deaf, but kept under
observation - 4
Mentally subnormal - 1
Of the 27 re-tested after preliminary screening:
14 were premature babies
1 had severe illness in infancy
1 was mentally subnormal
6 had family history of deafness
2 at parents' request
3 born to Rh. negative mothers.