I came of intellectual age hearing the author's sotto voce asides in the philosophy essays I loved.
Lead, too, was for years thought to be safe in small doses, until further study demonstrated that, particularly for children, even slight exposure could result in intellectual delays, hearing loss, and hyperactivity.
A differential diagnosis for ASD at this stage might also consider intellectual disability, hearing impairment, and a specific language impairment such as Landau Kleffner syndrome.
In contrast to previous studies, the study conducted in China [ 15] focused on the causes of impairments, such as intellectual deficits, hearing and vision limitations and not on the causes of ADL limitations.
Accused of violent crimes in a politically freighted case, Mr. Izmestiev had pinned his hopes on the jury — a motley collection of workers, retirees and intellectuals who heard testimony in the case for around seven months.
Survivors may also acquire long-term neurodevelopmental sequelae such as cerebral palsy, sensorineural hearing loss, intellectual difficulties or gross developmental delays [ 9- 13].
SLI manifests itself as a difficulty in acquiring language despite otherwise normal intellectual functioning, normal hearing and an adequate learning environment (Leonard, 1998).
Moreover, children with CP may exhibit intellectual, visual and hearing disorders, which, when added to motor impairment and both task and environment restrictions, affect functional performance in a variety of different ways [ 3, 4].
IDD results from a diet low in iodine, which is particularly damaging during early pregnancy because it retards foetal development, especially brain development, causing a range of intellectual, motor and hearing deficits.
In the absence of more relevant information concerning function, activities and participation of individuals, as an initial stage in determining the sample, children with the four most common conditions recorded (cerebral palsy, autistic spectrum condition, intellectual disability, and hearing impairment), either as a single primary diagnosis or in combination, were identified.
