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Neuropsychological Assessment of Children with Hearing Impairment on Trail Making, Tactual Performance, and Category Tests

University of California, San Diego

The performance of 42 children with hearing impairment and a matched sample of 42 hearing peers was examined on the Category, Tactual Performance, and Trail Making tests. No quantitative differences were found on Trail Making Part A or total number of Category Test errors. Deaf subjects did have significantly greater response times to individual Category Test items, regardless of correctness of answer. Children with hearing impairment were also found to take longer on Trail Making Part B, although they performed well within normal limits. On the Tactual Performance Test, deaf children did slightly better than their matched hearing peers on total time and location. Notwithstanding, over-interpretation of statistical differences was cautioned against from a clinician's standpoint. The major finding of this research was that the performance of deaf children who have no additional handicapping conditions or impairments was similar to that of matched hearing controls.

Assessment, Vol. 2, No. 4, 305-312 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/1073191195002004001


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