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Genetic Studies Of Questionnaire Data From A Residential School For The Deaf, Frederick Robert Bieber
Genetic Studies Of Questionnaire Data From A Residential School For The Deaf, Frederick Robert Bieber
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A self-administered thirteen page Hearing Loss Questionnaire (HLQ) was designed in order to systematically collect medical and family history data on deaf children and their families. Data were collected from over 400 families with one or more children enrolled in September 1979 at the Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD). Almost 70% of the parents provided pedigree and family history information by completing the detailed HLQ. Computer analyses of the collected data allowed a thorough examination of almost 200 medical and family history variables, providing useful reference data on the MSD probands. Parental responses to a four-step rating scale of …