In order to optimize the use of tactual aids for the deaf, it is important to have a battery of assessments to determine the potential contribution of the aids to acoustic perception and speech identification. We have designed such a battery to be used with young hearing-impaired children. The tasks were developed so that they could be implemented with standard audiometric equipment and applied...

Lack of proper auditory feedback in hearing-impaired subjects results in functional voice disorder. It is directly related to discoordination of intrinsic and extrinsic laryngeal muscles and disturbed contraction and relaxation of antagonistic muscles. A total of twenty children in the age range of 5-10 years were considered for the study. They were divided into two groups: normal hearing child...