Study: Abuse rates higher among deaf and hard-of-hearing children compared with hearing youths

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 13:51 in Health & Medicine

A new study at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the incidence of maltreatment, including neglect and physical and sexual abuse, is more than 25 percent higher among deaf and hard-of-hearing children than among hearing youths. The research also shows a direct correlation between childhood maltreatment and higher rates of negative cognition, depression and post-traumatic stress in adulthood...

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