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Research Recommendations of the Second Conference on Problems of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Reprint and Circular Series of the National Research Council (1929) / Chapter Skim
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Measures of Capacity and Achievement
Pages 21-22

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... K THE SPEECH PROBLEMS OF THE HARD OF HEARING Hypacousic individuals, both children and adults, present speech problems which are different from those of the " deaf." Speech defects, even in those of moderately impaired hearing, are often serious handicaps, socially arid industrially.
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... .~4 tryout of existing tests, individual and group, of which there are in existence a considerable number, including batteries and scales, single tests, and mechanical and motor tests. ~4 selection of tests f ounce usable, and the construction of n~eas~`ring scales which should be standardized on both hearing and deaf children.
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