As an individual with a mild handicap, I had difficulty with the walk.
Fortunately, most retarded children have only a mild handicap, with an intelligence quotient (IQ) between 50 and 75, and are, therefore, educable and trainable to a reasonable degree of independence as adults.
The summary score ranges from 0 to 24 indicating following levels of impairment by tinnitus: 0 6 denotes "no handicap", 7 10 "mild handicap", 11 14 "moderate handicap", and >14 "severe handicap".
Scores were categorized depending on the score recorded: slight (no handicap) (0 8 pts), mild handicap (9 12 pts), moderate handicap (13 17 pts), and severe handicap (18 24 pts) [ 38].
This implies that patients with severe tinnitus handicap very likely show cognitive failures, whereas patients with no or mild handicap are only associated with occasional mishaps.
As can be seen in Figure 3, the cumulative distribution curves of no and mild handicap overlap, whereas the curves for moderate and severe handicap are separated on the APS20 scale.
Scores can range from 0 to 24 and were subclassified according to the criteria of Nilsdoter, where a score of 0 represents "no handicap", 1 – 4 reflects "mild handicap", 5 7 represents "moderate handicap", 8 – 10 reflects "severe handicap", 11 – 13 represents "very severe handicap", and a score ≥ 14 indicates an "extremely severe handicap" [ 20].
Our results for sensitivity and specificity show that healthy volunteers and subjects with "no" to "mild tinnitus handicap" have no relevant cognitive impairments.
Haddad [ 16] reported a similar case of a 31-year-old man with a mild mental handicap who presented a Ganser syndrome resolved after one week but immediately followed by major depression.
