Somatic growth and aerobic/anaerobic capacity of deaf children and adolescents

When investigating development potential, one should always take into consideration possible interactions among a variety of factors. Investigations of interactions that occur in the human body constitute a considerable contribution to further applications, which is particularly important in the case of disabled individuals and allows stimulation of the compensation processes in an oriented manner. The present study focuses on the effect of somatic growth on the level of aerobic/anaerobic capacities and their variability over time in hearing impaired children and adolescents. Correlations between somatic components and aerobic/anaerobic efficiency in hearing impaired individuals are compared to literature reports with regard to their normal-hearing peers. Our study has demonstrated that hearing loss does not modify interactions between the parameters of somatic growth and aerobic or anaerobic capacity of deaf children and adolescents. Thus, our results provide grounds for application activities based on neurophysiological growth patterns.