Speed of Movement of Deaf Children and Children with Impaired Hearing

The goal of this research was a comparative assessment of speed of movement (dotting test) within two groups of children with hearing disorders. One group included schoolchildren from the Educational Centre for Deaf Children, the other, children from integration school who share some classes with their healthy peers. The control group included primary school children with normal hearing. Additionally, speed of movement was assessed in relation to gender and age. The survey involved 470 children between the age of 7 and 15, of whom: 72 from the Educational Centre for Deaf Children, 47 from the integration school, and 395 primary school children who formed the control group. Hearing impairment of children from special schools rated from 50 to 100 dB