The Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry is accepting participants in two clinical studies focused on interventional programs for autism.
Autism Studies at Riley Hospital for Children Accepting Participants
Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:58:31 GMT
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and Services Administration looked at developmental disabilities in U.S. children for a 12-year period. Key findings are that about 1 out of 6 U.S. children have a developmental disability. This is a 17.1 percent increase form 1997 to 2008. The study points to the increasing need for health, education and social services, and more specialized health services for people with developmental disabilities.
Study Reveals Increase in the Prevalence of Developmental Disabilities in U.S. Children from 1997 - 2008
disability@dol.gov (Disability.gov)
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT
One in eight Americans hard of hearing: study
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One out of every eight Americans has hearing loss in both ears, according to a new study -- and as many as one in five are hard of hearing on at least one side. Researchers found that hearing problems were ...
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One in eight Americans hard of hearing: study - Reuters
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:31:44 GMT
Nearly a fifth of all Americans 12 years or older have hearing loss so severe that it may make communication difficult, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers and published in the Nov. 14 Archives of Internal Medicine...
One In Five Americans Has Hearing Loss
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT
Children with autism appear to have significantly more brain cells than their typically developing peers, offering evidence that the developmental disorder originates prenatally.
Autism Forms In The Womb, New Study Suggests
Michelle Diament
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:04:12 GMT
