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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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Recommendations for Research: Surveys
Pages 10-14

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... It should yield data suggestive of more refined inquiries on certain phases of the problem of auditory deficiencies, and would permit the use of subgroup~ings of the population surveyed to this end. For example, more intensive studies on the association of specific disease histories with hearing impairment could be made by comparing selected sub-groups.
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... C A SURVEY OF THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE PERSONNEL :ENGAGED IN TEACHING THE DEAF AND HYPACOUSIC It is recommended that a comprehensive survey be made as soon as possible of the persons at present engaged in teaching adults and children auditorily deficient in different degrees, covering the points as outlined below.
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From page 12...
... 1. Extra-class activities: what teacher reads, his intellectual productivity, articles published, books written, etc.
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From page 13...
... Based on the data obtained by this survey, and also upon the data obtained by surveys B and C, there should be a critical comparison of the training schools and courses for teachers of the auditorily deficient with those for teachers of hearing children.
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... T SURVEYS OF LEGISLATIVE AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS It is recommended that there should be a survey of the existing laws requiring, the aural examination of the deaf and potentially deafening in the school population as a basis for identification at such an early age that remedial treatment would be possible.
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