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A Review of the Evidence for a Learning-Disabled, Hearing-Impaired Sub-Group
- American Annals of the Deaf
- Gallaudet University Press
- Volume 134, Number 5, December 1989
- pp. 297-300
- 10.1353/aad.2012.0547
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Hearing-impaired students are known to encounter significant difficulty achieving appreciable levels of academic achievement. Recently, many professionals have advanced the concept that some hearing-impaired students' lag in achievement may owe to learning disabilities in addition to hearing impairment. Definitional differences, survey data and studies are discussed in an exploration of whether or not a discernible hearing-impaired-learning-disabled sub-group exists.