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most particularly, that they feel it should be provided by the local authority.
In 1964 practically all the children seen were considered "at risk" for one
reason or another. These were as follows:-
Children seen between 0-28 weeks - 14
" " " 28 - 52 weeks - 19
" " "1 year - 2 years - 21
" " " 2 years - 6 years - 58
Types of tests carried out:-
Illingworth or Gessel 21
Ruth Griffiths 39
Speech analysis 15
Terman Merrill 30
Special Hearing and Speech 5
Neurological - "Pretchl" 1
Special Stycar vision tests 2
Hearing Tests only (including Mary Sheridan Tests, Pitch Pipes
or Audiogram)
0 - 52 weeks 27
1-3 years 36
3 - 5 years 31
Over 5 years 7
Three of these children were referred to Grays Inn Road E.N.T.
Hospital, four referred for speech therapy, and one to Dr.
Yudkin's Special Speech Clinic at the E.N.T. Hospital, Grays
Inn Road.
Defects found or investigated
0-28 weeks - 1 Neurological abnormality
28 - 40 weeks - 1 Visual defect
40 weeks - 2½ years - 1 Visual defect
3 Speech defects
1 Deafness + Mental Retardation
9 Mental Retardation
2½ - 5 years - 10 Speech defects
1 Cerebral Palsy + Mental
Retardation
4 Retarded
1 Hearing defect
2 Behaviour problems
1 Possible autistic - being
investigated
Once more I must thank the Health Visitors for their help and co-operation;
their unfailing efforts to persuade mothers of babies "at risk" to bring them to
the clinic for investigation, frequently bringing the mother and child along
themselves, or baby-sitting whilst mother attends."
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