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University of London, agree to attend these meetings and to offer
his advice and also were pleased to see Mr. A. E. Howarth, E.N.T.
Specialist, Children's Hospital, Sydenham, taking such an interest
in the Bromley children under his specialist care, at several
meetings. It is hoped that other E.N.T. specialists handling cases
of Bromley hearing-impaired children may also visit the Clinic
in the future. Regular attenders were the teachers of the deaf,
the Medical Officers with special responsibility for the hearingimpaired
child, with Mrs. P. Preston, Senior Educational Psychologist
and Mrs. M. M. Evans, Senior Speech Therapist on particular
occasions.
Equipment
For the financial year 1968/69 a sum of £1,000 was made
available by the Education Department for hearing aids, spare
parts for aids and for additional audiometric equipment. Items
purchased were:—
Hearing aids—Omikron (body-worn).
Philips, Multitone, Amplivox, Rexton (post
aural).
Spare parts for commercial aids.
Tape recorder + tapes—Philips De Luxe Model.
Radio-microphone + 6 receivers—Audac.
Batteries for Speech Trainers and tapes for Portable Tape
Recorders.
The Health and Welfare Department were also able to make
some provision and purchased the following: —
Hand-held Audiometer—Peters Model 492.
Sound Level Meter.
Stycar Hearing Tests.
A selection of apparatus for testing purposes.
Handicapped Pupils
Every effort is made to ascertain the handicapped child at as
early an age as possible. Many of these children come to the
attention of the School Health Service through the Health Visitors,
the Chief Education Officer, Parents, Teachers, or some other
person or organisation. Handicapped children from the age of
two years become the responsibilty of the School Health Service.
The officially recognised types of handicaps are: Blind,
Partially Sighted, Deaf, Partially Hearing, Physically Handicapped,
Delicate, Maladjusted, Educationally Sub-Normal, Epileptic and
Speech Defects.
Once a child has been ascertained as handicapped it is kept
under supervision and any recommendations for special educational
treatment are forwarded to the Chief Education Officer for
his consideration and action. Special appointments are arranged for