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Clinical Trial
. 2000 Jun;36(3):226-9.
doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00501.x.

Early motor development of blind children

O Levtzion-Korach  1 , A Tennenbaum, R Schnitzer, A Ornoy
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Clinical Trial

Early motor development of blind children

O Levtzion-Korach et al. J Paediatr Child Health. 2000 Jun.

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the characteristic motor developmental pattern in blind children in Israel.

Methodology: The study compared the developmental data concerning 10 motor skills of 40 blind children to a control group of sighted children and to the motor developmental milestones of the Bayley Developmental Scale and the Revised Denver Developmental Screening Test.

Results: The motor development of blind children was delayed, the delay being significant in all 10 motor skills that were examined. This delay emphasizes the major importance of vision as a sensory input modality for the process of sensory- motor development.

Conclusion: An adequate stimulating environment and proper parental handling could potentially shorten the motor developmental delay but probably not eliminate it entirely.

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