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This is a summary report of the major findings of a study designed to examine the social and psychological implications of acquired deafness for adults of employment age, issued with a National Health Service hearing aid between 1970 and 1976 in the Greater London Area. Acquired deafness, long after rehabilitation, was found to cause considerable and serious personal unhappiness.
Thomas et al. (1980) studied this question.
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