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Survey of Disabled Persons , July-Dec 1990
NSS 47th Round

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Cause of speech disability (B5_q10)

Data file: Block 5_Particulars of physical disability of the disabled member

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 53
End: 54
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the cause of speech disabilty of the member of the household?
Categories
Value Category
00 not reported
01 hearing impairment
02 voice disorder
03 cleft palate
04 paralysis
05 mental illness/ retardation
06 other illness
10 burns
11 injury other than burns
12 medical/surgical intervention
13 old age
14 other reasons
15 not known
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
Speech disability:
This referred to persons' inability to speak properly. Speech of a person was judged to be disordered if the person's speech was not understood by the listener. Persons with speech disability included those who could not speak, spoke only with limited words or those with loss of voice. It also included those whose speech was not understood due to defects in speech, such
as stammering, nasal voice, hoarse voice and discordant voice and articulation defects, etc.
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