title: Articulatory ability of hearing-impaired children belonging to the different 'Kostić groups'.
abstract: Hearing-impaired children in the age range of 3-6 years, registered at the Rehabilitation Unit of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Department of ENT, A.I.I.M.S., New Delhi as the 'control group' of the project 'SAFA for the hearing-impaired', were studied for their articulatory ability. The findings are discussed in the frame work of Kostić classification of the hearing-impaired which takes into consideration the degree of hearing impairment as well as the age of onset of loss.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kacker
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Basavaraj
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D012048:Correction of Hearing Impairment; D003638:Deafness / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013065:Speech Intelligibility / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors