Determining the prevalence of Hearing Impaired Children

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2. Silverman S. , Lane H. , and Doehring D. , in Davis and Silverman, Hearing and Deafness (rev.), Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, New York. p. 416.

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9.U. S. Public Health Service, The National Health Survey: 1935–6, Bulletin #1, Washington D. C., p. 6.

10.New York City Board of Education, Acoustically Hearing Children, New York, 1941.

11. Gardner W. H. , “Oregon Program for Conservation of Hearing,” Oregon State Board of Health Bulletin #2, 1942.

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24. Sandis J. Report of the Hearing Survey in the Public Schools of Pa. Trans. Pa. Acad. Opthalmology and Otolaryngology, Vol. 5, 1957, pp. 30–35.

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27.American Speech and Hearing Association. Statement Regarding Need for Properly Qualified Speech Pathologists and Audiologists. ASHA, October 28, 1959, pp. 5–6.

28. Frisina D. R. Statistical information concerning the deaf and the hard of hearing in the U. S. American Annals of the Deaf, May 1959, Vol. 104, #3, 265–267. 267.

29. Johnson W. Children with Speech and Hearing Impairment, Office of Education Bulletin 1959. #5, Government Printing Office, p. 6.

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31. Glorig A. Hearing conservation past and future. Health Aspects of Hearing Conservation, op. cit. 1959, pp. 25–26.

32. Magary J. and Eichorn J. , The Exceptional Child, Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, New York, New York. p. 286.

33. Williams B. “Forward” in Levine E. , Psychology of Deafness, Columbia University Press 1960, p. VIII.

34. Silverman S. R. , Lane H. & Doehring D. Deaf children. In Davis and Silverman: Hearing and Deafness (revised) Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, New York, 1960. pp. 416–417.

35. Rusk H. , New York Times, January 10, 1960, p. 80 where Dr. Rusk quotes the following sources:

(1)National Health Survey 1935–1936;

(2)Supplemented by data' from a number of community studies (Hagerstown, Md.; Pitts., Pa.; Hunterdon County, N. J.; Kansas City, Mo.; N. Y., N. Y.; Calif.; and

(3)Bureau of Census Continuous National Health Survey since 1957.

36.Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives. Hearings before the Subcommittee: 86th Congress, 2nd Session, Government Printing Office, February 1960, p. 392.

37.A Proposed Change in the Normal Hearing Reference Level. A Guide to the Care of Adults with Hearing Loss, by Subcommittee on Hearing in Adults of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, 1960, p. 66.

38. Davis H. The relation of research to health aspects of hearing conservation, in Health Aspects of Hearing Conservation, op. cit., p. 19.

39. Glorig A. Hearing conservation past and future, in Health Aspects of Hearing Conservation, op. cit., p. 28.

40. Ewing I. R. & Ewing A. W. G. Speech and the Deaf Child, Washington D. C., Volta Bureau, 1954.

41.Report of the conference committee on nomenclature. American Annals of the Deaf, Vol. 83 (1938) pp. 1–3.

42. Davis H. Health Aspects of Hearing Conservation, op. cit., p. 20.

43. Glorig A. Health Aspects of Hearing Conservation, op. cit., p. 25.

44. Johnson W. Children with Speech and Hearing Impairments, Office of Education, Bulletin #5, Government Printing Office, 1959, Washington D. C., p. 1.

45. Di Carlo L. , The deaf and hard of hearing. Review of Educational Research, American Educational Research Association, Washington D. C., Vol. 29, #5, December 1959, p. 499.

46.H.R. 12328, 87th Congress, 2nd Session. House Document Room U. S. Congress, Washington, D. C.

47. Waterhouse A. Hearing thresholds in the national health examination survey. Health Aspects of Hearing Conservation, op. cit., p. 17.

48.The Committee on Research, American Speech and Hearing Association, Research Needs in Speech Pathology. American Speech and Hearing Association, Washington D. C., 1959, p. 70.