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The Impact and Experience of Adventitious Deafness
- American Annals of the Deaf
- Gallaudet University Press
- Volume 134, Number 5, December 1989
- pp. 305-311
- 10.1353/aad.2012.0523
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Relatively little well controlled, empirical research has examined the problems, experiences, functional limitations and coping strategies of late-deafened individuals. The present paper summarizes, integrates and evaluates the literature on adventitious deafness. Several issues are explored in detail, including: a) a comparison of congenital and acquired deafness; b) a critical review of the literature investigating the psychiatric problems experienced by late-deafened individuals; c) an examination of the effects of acquired deafness on identity and personal control; and d) a consideration of adventitious deafness among the elderly.