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Showing 1 to 20 of 61 for “"Deaf people"”.
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Language in profoundly deaf people with schizophrenia
… is known to occur in prelingually profoundly Deaf individuals with probably the same frequency as in the hearing population. However, the impact of Deafness on the clinical features of schizophrenia is an under-researched area. The current thesis aims to provide the first comprehensive …
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How communication technologies have historically isolated deaf people
… technologies have historically isolated deaf people from mainstream society. Technology is a culturally based activity that is value-laden throughout and the design and uses of communication technology support the cultural values of hearing people. Deaf people are a cultural minority, a …
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Gesture based interface for asynchronous video communication for deaf people in South Africa
The preferred method of communication amongst Deaf people is that of sign language. There are problems with the video quality when using the real-time video communication available on mobile phones. The alternative is to use text-based communication on mobile phones, however findings from other …
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Deaf people and career advice: Applying structuration theory to encounters between deaf and hearing people
The research concerns communication between deaf people and hearing advisers in career or job seeking interviews. Issues of disability, emancipatory research and methods used in deaf research are explored together with the medical and social models of disability and the complexity of …
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The silent frontier: deaf people and their social use of cell phones in Cape Town
… thesis seeks to understand the ways in which the Deaf negotiate and embrace the cell phone socially. The Deaf, who can be seen as a linguistic and sensory minority within the predominant hearing society, use the cell phone to negotiate their marginalised position as people living with a hearing …
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Towards co-production of technology artefacts with a disabled community: A case study with deaf people and protection of personal information with video relay services
… artefacts when working with marginalised Deaf people, particularly concerning their privacy needs surrounding a video relay service. Deaf people throughout the world, including those in South Africa, experience difficulty in essential communication in an environment that mainly comprises …
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Choosing to be deaf: leisure and sport in the deaf community of north-west England, 1945 – 1995
This thesis reconstructs the history of deaf people‘s leisure and sporting activity since World War Two. Using north-west England as a case study, the research covers a period of fifty years and has resulted in both quantitative and qualitative data being collected. The quantitative approach has …
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Personal experience narratives in the deaf community: Identifying deaf-world typicality
The Deaf community in Britain comprises people who use British Sign Language (BSL) to communicate and who share similar lived experiences. The storied lives of Deaf people, told in the community through personal experience narratives, provide insight into the issues that arise from being Deaf in a …
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A Phenomenological Study into British Sign Language Users’ Experiences of Psychological Therapies
The provision of mental health services for Deaf people in the United Kingdom is mostly from secondary and tertiary health care that caters for the moderate to severe spectrum of mental health issues with little provision from primary care such as psychological therapies. Improving Access to …
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Black Deaf or Deaf Black? An investigation of identity in the British Black Deaf community
… of the life experiences of a group of Black1 Deaf2 individuals and the influences affecting their identity development. It also investigates the different attitudes to deafness within the Black hearing community. A quantitative survey was conducted with 57 respondents to explore attitudes to …
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Crossing from Hearing to Deaf Worlds: Hearing Border Crossers as Participatory Designers in Healthcare Instruction
<p>The Deaf population faces substantial communication barriers in accessing quality health care. Many healthcare professionals struggle to communicate with Deaf individuals because they have little awareness of how to interact with these patients in culturally sensitive ways. This study sought to …
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Deaf Futures: Challenges in Accessing Health Care Services
… limit the access to health care services for Deaf people. Literature has acknowledged the disconnection between the Deaf and hearing worlds, particularly in health care. Much of the existing literature exploring these fields have failed to include input from the Deaf community members. As …
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An analysis of the assessment and treatment of problematic and offending behaviours in the deaf population
… problematic and offending behaviours within the Deaf population, to identify pertinent issues for the management of individuals displaying such behaviours. Chapter 1 reviews the relevant literature related to problematic and offending behaviours in the Deaf population and outlines the remaining …
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Understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic response measures on deaf adults in Cape Town
International literature has evidenced that Deaf people have been disadvantaged during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, there is currently no research published within the South African context. Deaf people, as both part of the disability community and a linguistic minority, have faced unique …
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Seeing People: Policies And Perceptions That Impact Health Care Equal Communication In Springfield, Missouri
A general lack of knowledge about deafness has allowed many misperceptions to exist. Deafness, per se, is not a disabling affliction. The disability is the breakdown of communication, and can have far-reaching consequences in the medical setting. Prelingually moderately-to severely deafened members …
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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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The role of interpreters in accessing psychological support and developing relationships in mental health and Deafness
The Deaf population are vulnerable to experiencing mental health difficulties. A qualitative meta-synthesis, reported in section one of this thesis, sought to explore the experiences of deaf individuals who access mental health services and clinicians who provide those services. The synthesis …
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Content-prioritised video coding for British Sign Language communication.
… and for the equal provision of services for deaf people. However, the use of video telephony and video conferencing applications for BSL communication is limited by inadequate video quality. BSL is a highly structured, linguistically complete, natural language system that expresses vocabulary …
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