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An investigation into mothers’ experiences of their children’s functional tic-like behaviour and tic attacks
(2024-01-02)
Objective: This is the first study to systematically explore the lived experiences of sudden and new onset of severe functional tics from the perspective of the mother’s experiences and describes their attempts to access ...
Visual performance and the use of colored filters in children who are deaf
(2015-06)
PURPOSE: To assess visual performance and the effects of color overlays on reading in children who were deaf and children who could hear. METHODS: Thirty-one children who were deaf (mean [± SD] age, 14 [± 1.99] years) and ...
Visual performance and ocular abnormalities in deaf children and young adults : a literature review
(2014-06)
Visual defects are common in deaf individuals. Refractive error and ocular motor abnormalities are frequently reported, with hyperopia, myopia, astigmatism and anomalies of binocular vision, all showing a greater prevalence ...
Challenges faced by parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder
(2012-07)
Few studies address the daily challenges faced by parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. This article reports on a qualitative interview study with 20 parents exploring their experiences, challenges ...
Emotion recognition in children with profound and severe deafness : do they have a deficit in perceptual processing?
(2010-11)
Findings from several studies have suggested that deaf children have difficulties with emotion identification and that these may impact upon social skills. The authors of these studies have typically attributed such problems ...
Superior discrimination of speech pitch and its relationship to verbal ability in autism spectrum disorders
(2008-09)
Whilst hypersensitivity to pitch information appears to be characteristic of many individuals with autism spectrum disorders little is known about the implications of such a tendency for language acquisition and development. ...