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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2014 The UK Biobank offers cross-sectional epidemiological data collected on > 500 000 individuals in the UK between 40 and 70 years of age. Using the UK Biobank data, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of functional hearing loss and hearing
Jerker eRönnberg +3 more
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What’s in a name? Alternatives to “learning disability”
, 2006 The term learning disability is currently used in the UK to describe people who require a service due to a low intellectual ability. It is argued that the term is demeaning, confusing and, as currently defined, fails to describe the group of people to ...
The Burton Street Group, Sheffield +1 more
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Specific learning disability [PDF]
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2018 AbstractSpecific learning disabilities (SLD) have an impact on discrete areas of academic function. They result in a level of difficulty that is unexpected when considered in the context of a student's overall intellectual and academic competence. A common example is dyslexia, an SLD that affects the acquisition of literacy.
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Discover PsychologyBackground Age-related hearing loss affects a significant portion of older adults and is associated not only with communication difficulties but also with mobility impairments, including reduced walking ability. Prior research suggests that auditory cues
Francesca Molinari Luccini +4 more
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Learning and intellectual disability nursing practice
, 2023 This book addresses learning/intellectual disability nursing from various perspectives, including historical and contemporary practice, health promotion, interventions for good mental health, people with profound disabilities and complex needs, care ...
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Long‐Term Follow‐Up of Chemotherapy‐Associated Biological Aging in Women With Early Breast Cancer
Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.Women threated with adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer have sustained long‐term increase in p16INK4a,, a robust marker of cell senescence, suggesting a chemotherapy‐associated age acceleration. p16INK4a as well as other biomarkers may identify patients at greatest risk for senescence‐related diseases of aging.
Hyman B. Muss +12 more
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An analysis of the discourses and discursive devices used to represent learning disability in the stories told in the classroom to students by learning disability nurse teachers [PDF]
, 2007 This study explores the complexities of the social construction of learning disability. The focus is upon the ways in which learning disability nurse teachers represent their experiences of learning disability nurse practice in stories.
Shaw, Susan Angela
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New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mental well‐being is central to adult learner success, yet many adult education institutions lack capacity to provide timely and accessible support. This article examines how artificial intelligence (AI) can strengthen mental health–adjacent supports in adult and continuing higher education, with attention to professional practice and ...
Adam L. McClain, Thomas Wade
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COVID-19 deaths in people with intellectual disability in the UK and Ireland: descriptive study
BJPsych Open, 2020 Background Rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected people with intellectual disability disproportionately. Existing data does not provide enough information to understand factors associated with increased deaths in those with ...
Bhathika Perera +16 more
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Past caring: episode 6: learning disability
, 2022 Episode 6 delves more deeply into the themes from our exhibition, "A History of Care or Control?" on the history of learning disability nursing. Content warning: This episode contains a number of terms from learning disability history that are ...
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