It's Loud Shirt Day!
Hope you're wearing your brightest shirt to show your support for deaf kids. For more info, click here. It's Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day!
Cerebral Palsy or CP is a motor movement disorder which can affect the brain, muscles and nerves of an individual. Various studies have found that of those with CP, around 12-13% have a documented hearing impairment (1,2). For more information about CP, click here. 1. Dufresne, D., Dagenais, L., Shevell, M. I., & REPACQ Consortium. (2014). Epidemiology of severe hearing impairment in a population-based cerebral palsy cohort. Pediatric neurology, 51(5), 641-644. 2. Reid, S. M., Modak, M. B., Berkowitz, R. G., & Reddihough, D. S. (2011). A population‐based study and systematic review of hearing loss in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 53(11), 1038-1045. |
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