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Current Balance Levels In Deaf And Hearing Impaired Children, Megan E. Wink
Current Balance Levels In Deaf And Hearing Impaired Children, Megan E. Wink
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
The purpose of this systematic review of literature is to evaluate the current balance levels in deaf and hearing-impaired children. Children with hearing impairments show balance and motor deficits mainly due to damaged or undeveloped areas of the vestibular system. The auditory sense plays a dynamic role in producing functional movements and motor coordination skills. Researchers founded that motor development skills are especially important to Deaf children because better skills lead to participation in Deaf sports as well as increased opportunities for social interaction. For children born or diagnosed as deaf or hearing-impaired, there is still the opportunity to keeping …