Abstract
In this study, the circumference and the skinfold thickness were measured in 323 young people with visual or aural impediment who were from 6 to 18 years of age and the changes with aging were discussed. The following results were obtained. 1. On the circumference, no differences were shown between the visual or aural impedimental boys and the nonimpedimental boys, but the development of the upper arm was inferior in girls with visual and aural impediment. 2. On the skinfold thickness, the thickness of the subcutaneous fatty layer was more thick in the visual impedimental children than in the aural impedimental children. This fact was remarkable in girls after the second sexual character. 3. The ratio of upper arm to forearm was greater in the visual or aural impedimental boys than in the nonimpedimental boys before the second sexual character and after them no difference was shown. In girls, the ratio in the visual impediment was low and in the aural impediment high. On the ratio of thigh to calf, the ratio in visual impedimental children was lower in boys and was greater in girls than in the non-impedimenta! children after the second sexual character. In the aural impedimental children, the ratio was low in boys and no difference was shown in girls.
