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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Deaf Culture"”.
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Experiential Commensurability and Identity Correspondence: Examining Deaf Culture Movement Collective Identity in the United States
… collective identities within the context of the Deaf Culture Movement (DCM) in the United States. Though social movement researchers assume that identities, culture, beliefs, and values are developments of interactional processes, the current literature remains considerably one sided in its …
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Can You Hear Me Now: Being Deaf and Healthcare Experiences.
… objective of the study was to examine how deaf culture impacts an individual's experience in accessing healthcare. Research conducted by Montoya et al. (2004) found that the adult deaf population is severely underserved in the healthcare system. Sheppard and Badger (2010) found that it is …
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An Ethnographic Case Study of a Deaf Workforce Collective
… and shared experiences of five members of a Deaf United States Postal Service (USPS) collective employment cohort in regards to their early learning experiences, how these experiences led to collective employment, and how the collective employment opportunity led them to establish a new …
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Silence to Signs: Bridging the Communiction Gap for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Inmates in Prisons
… systems to provide communication access to deaf and hard of hearing prisoners. Sign language is sparsely accessible to deaf individuals in prisons. Communication and access to language are key to the human condition and democratic participation. When prison administrations ban sign language, …
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Quality of Life of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals in Northern Nevada
… study was to explore the relationship between deafness-related factors, cultural competency variables and quality of life indicators among a group of deaf and hard of hearing individuals living in Northern Nevada. A model, that included four deafness-related factors (e.g. age of onset of …
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Architecture Through the Senses: Navigating a World Without Noise
… thesis, I engage in a comprehensive study of Deaf culture by learning American Sign Language (ASL) and immersing myself within the Deaf community. My objective is to gain insights into their unique modes of interaction, daily lives, and spatial preferences. The research is motivated by the …
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Implanted : technology and connection in the deaf world
… wider access to sound even to the profoundly deaf. Given adult success with the device, the FDA lowered in 1990 the required age for implantation to two years old. The following year the National Association of the Deaf published a position statement on cochlear implants comparing them to …
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The future of fashion & human gesture control : exploration of a wearable communication device for sign language speakers
… of a solution and the potential for erasure of deaf culture as well as the potential to create purpose, job opportunities and to increase the quality of life for people with hearing loss.
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The study of a long term sign language intervention programme for hearing caregivers of deaf children : the challenges and successes of community-based rehabilitation and evaluation
… programme for the hearing caregivers of deaf children living within a socio-economically disadvantaged community. The programme was implemented by a deaf signing adult from the same community as the caregivers, and was undertaken within the naturalised contexts at a community-based level. …
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Knowledge and Experience With Genetics and Genetic Counseling Among Sign Language Interpreters
… are an integral part of genetic counseling with deaf patients whose preferred mode of communication is sign language. The purpose of this study was to assess the extent of understanding of genetics and genetic counseling possessed by sign language interpreters, as well as to elicit the views of …
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CORPORALITURAS: Performances Artísticas e Intelectuais de quem faz do corpo poesia
… investigates the poetic dimension of Black Deaf literature through the theory of “corporalitura”, a central concept that articulates the body and literature as the primary field of expression. The research is structured around the analysis of the poetic and performative works of poets Edinho …
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De pessoa com deficiência auditiva a surdo: embates dialógicos e objetificação colonial no processo de transição identitária
… inclusive perspective, the special education and deaf studies have fought battles in the academic field regarding the deaf people along the last years. In what concerns to the social issue, there were many distinct approaches and focuses adopted, which even culminated in different terminologies. …
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A educação do surdo como modalidade da educação básica: uma alternativa para superar suas contradições com a educação especial?
… the proposals of the special education field and deaf education (special education oppose the maintenance of deaf schools, while the deaf studies argue that such schools are essential to the development of the deaf) ; perceived that such contradictions do not concern the choice of the best space …
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The Deaf Experience in a Hearing Medical World
… was to understand personal experiences of a Deaf individual when communicating with healthcare professionals, to describe personal feelings regarding challenges and successes experienced during healthcare interactions, and express the need for culturally competent healthcare providers with …
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American Sign Language as a Foreign Language Requirement: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Standards
This paper examined the arguments for American Sign Language (ASL) as a foreign language and the development of a new ASL curriculum to fulfill a foreign language requirement at Miami University. Due to the large number of individuals in the United States using ASL as a language and the steady …
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Perception of the School Experiences of Five Generations of Deaf Students
<p>The purpose of this study was to investigate deaf participants’ perspectives of their educational experiences within the last 50 years. The study was comprised of five deaf participants educated in the public school setting, and four deaf participants educated in the residential setting. The …
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Examining The Relationship Between Mental Health Professionals Knowledge And Beliefs As Predictors Of Attitudes Toward The Deaf
<p>Individuals who are D/deaf experience significant barriers and disparities when accessing mental health services. Factors associated with improving knowledge and beliefs could reduce these disparities among mental health professionals by incorporating cultural competence during professional …