An analysis of 4,887 U.S. teachers of the deaf indicated that the teachers tended to be young, female, married, White, and well educated. Data were compared with results of a similar study of public school teachers. Teachers of the hearing impaired differed from public school teachers in several respects, including age, sex, marital status,…

The multiple baseline design has utility for evaluating instructional programs used with mentally retarded persons; however, there are several possible pitfalls of measurement in using this design. Ss' performance may be inadvertently altered by (1) repeated testing during baseline, (2) procedural contrast between training and testing, (3)…

Three normal children with reported musical ability and three autistic children (all Ss 14 to 18 years old) were tested for the ability to imitate individual tones and series of tones delivered by voice, piano, and synthesizer. (Author)

The plasma levels of folic acid, ascorbic acid, pyridoxine, and riboflavin were studied in 125 severely emotionally disturbed children (ages 5-16 years) to determine whether they had overt vitamin deficiencies. (Author/DLS)

Using a standardized articulation test, comparisons were made between the articulation of 31 autistic children (mean age 11 years) and (1) a group of 31 predominantly subnormal language matched controls; (2) 11 developmental receptive dysphasic controls. (Author/SBH)

Measured was the effect of a program providing clinical practice and instruction in retardation on the behavior, knowledge and attitudes of 277 students in the 3rd and 4th years of a baccalureate nursing program. (CL)

Temporary threshold shift resulting from exposure to one and five toy cap gun pistol shots was investigated using 11 normal-hearing adult Ss and one S with a noise-induced hearing loss. (Author)

Reported is the case of identical twin girls whose neonatal anemia (fatal in one case) was found to be due to Kell (a minor blood group) incompatibility. (DB)