Combined Sensory Impairment (Deaf-Blindness) in Five Percent of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Meuwese-Jongejeugd, Anneke; van Splunder, Jacques; Vink, Marianne; Stilma, Jan Sietse; van Zanten, Bert; Verschuure, Hans; Bernsen, Roos; Evenhuis, Heleen
Titel	Combined Sensory Impairment (Deaf-Blindness) in Five Percent of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Quelle	In: American Journal on Mental Retardation, 113 (2008) 4, S.254-262 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-8017
DOI	10.1352/0895-8017(2008)113[254:CSIDIF]2.0.CO;2
Schlagwörter	Mental Retardation; Down Syndrome; At Risk Persons; Deaf Blind; Adults; Sensory Experience; Correlation; Severity (of Disability); Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geistige Behinderung; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Risikogruppe; Mehrfach Behinderter; Sinnerfahrung; Korrelation; Schweregrad; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Our purpose in this cross-sectional study with 1,598 adult clients who had intellectual disabilities was to obtain valid prevalences of sensory impairments and to identify associations. The diagnoses were made through ophthalmologic and audiometric assessments, applying WHO/IASSID definitions. Re-weighted prevalences were 5.0% (95% CI 3.9-6.2%) for the total adult population; 2.9% (1.9-4.1), less than 50 years; and 11.0% (7.9-14.7), 50 years and over. Apart from being 50 years of age and over, p = 0.000, risk factors were more severe intellectual disability, p = 0.0001, and Down syndrome, p = 0.001. Results show that the risk of combined sensory impairment in this population is considerably increased compared with the general population. Part of the underlying conditions are treatable or can be rehabilitated. However, the complete diagnosis had been identified in only 12%. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. P.O. Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044-1897. Tel: 785-843-1235; Fax: 785-843-1274; e-mail: AJMR@allenpress.com; Web site: http://aaidd.allenpress.com
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Update	2017/4/10