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Thresholds of Discomfort in Young Children
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Thresholds of Discomfort in Young Children

Beth Macpherson, Jill Elfenbein, Robert Schum and Ruth Bentler
Ear and hearing, Vol.12(3), pp.184-190
06/1991
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199106000-00005
PMID: 1916043

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Abstract

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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