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HEARING AIDS
There are seventeen children wearing hearing aids who are resident in Leyton, many
of whom are attending Special Schools.
AUDITORY TRAINING
I wish to thank Mr.B. R. Head, Peripatetic Teacher of the Deaf, for the following
report:-
"There are at present seven partially deaf children with hearing aids in Leyton
schools placed as follows: -
Primary School 2
Secondary School 3
Maladjusted 1
E.S.N 1
There is one pre-school child aged three years.
The children in school are being visited as frequently as possible for auditory
training, usually every two to three weeks but the pre-school child is being seen weekly.
All of the children being visited are making reasonable educational progress and
the question of placement in a school for the deaf or partially deaf does not arise at
present.
In the case of the one pre-school child being visited, such a placement may have
to be considered in the future as she seems to be too severely deaf to enter a normal
school.
One pre-school child who was being visited at home was admitted to the William
Morris School for the Deaf in October, 1960. This child was slow to settle down but by
the end of his first term had begun to make progress. Unfortunately, on his return
after a long absence this term he appears to be less settled than he was.
Another child who had been attending a Secondary school moved to Canvey Island.
His new school has been visited and his headmaster has been acquanited with his
difficulties.
With one exception all the children being visited have Medresco 0.L. 56 hearing
aids. The exception is a severely deaf girl who is using a Multitone aid.
One boy, suffering from a severe high frequency loss, could possibly make better
progress with a more suitable hearing aid than the 0.L.56 and experiments are being
carried out to discover which aid would be most suitable for him. When these are concluded
a recommendation will be made."
OUTBREAKS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN 1960
There was nothing other than the seasonal outbreaks of infectious disease during
1960, and there is nothing of significance to report.
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