Mental handicap is not a single syndrome comprising lack of intellectual capacity sufficient to require the use of special educational and health service facilities. A too simple approach to it prevents the utilization of the appropriate services for a particular child. This-article is primarily about treatment, but it is -important to have some knowledge of the different categories of mental h...

Une bouteille à la mer. Un article de revue Développement Humain, Handicap et Changement Social / Human Development, Disability, and Change (Situations crise situations handicap) diffusée par plateforme Érudit.

The aim of this research was to verify whether the difference of singing styles and the presence of vocal complaints influence the perception of voice handicap of singers. One hundred eighteen singing voice handicap self-assessment protocols were selected: 17 popular singers with vocal complaints, 42 popular singers without complaints, 17 classic singers with complaints, and 42 classic singers ...

abstract introduction: noise exposure is the most common cause of tinnitus. a comprehensive assessment of tinnitus and its impact on the quality of life cannot be achieved merely by evaluating the psychoacoustic characteristics of tinnitus. this study aimed at exploring the potential relationship between tinnitus psychoacoustic characteristics and the resulting handicap. materials and methods: ...

ABSTRACf. Secondary sexual ornaments as signals:77te handicap approach and three potential problems.Secondary sexual ornaments have recently been discussed in the context of biological signals, and the handicap principle has been suggested as a model explaining their evolution. The handicap principle predicts that at equilibrium, sexual ornaments will be honest signals of the male's quality. Th...