Thresholds of Discomfort in Young Children
Procedures for obtaining thresholds of discomfort from young children are almost nonexistent. This is likely due to the problems encountered in finding a task that they can easily perform. The purpose of this project was to design and test a procedure appropriate to the cognitive and language abilit...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Ear and hearing 1991-06, Vol.12 (3), p.184-190 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Procedures for obtaining thresholds of discomfort from young children are almost nonexistent. This is likely due to the problems encountered in finding a task that they can easily perform. The purpose of this project was to design and test a procedure appropriate to the cognitive and language abilities of 4- to 5-yr-old hearing-impaired children. Data obtained from normally hearing subjects indicate that the procedure can be used with children whose mental ages are at or above 5 yr. |
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ISSN: | 0196-0202 1538-4667 |
DOI: | 10.1097/00003446-199106000-00005 |