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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Sign Language Interpreters"”.
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Knowledge and Experience With Genetics and Genetic Counseling Among Sign Language Interpreters
<p>Professional 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 …
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Time-Compressed Professionalization: The Experience of Public School Sign Language Interpreters in Mountain-Plains States
… skill and knowledge standards for public school sign language interpreters has created a virtual mandate for their immediate, time-compressed, professionalization. A series of federal laws requiring accessibility to communication for deaf people have escalated demand for interpreters far beyond …
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A phenomenological study of the relationship between deaf students in higher education and their sign language interpreters
… deaf students in higher education who use sign language and need an interpreter to access course content. A sign language interpreter is a trained professional who translates between American Sign Language or another sign system and English. This phenomenological study draws from interviews …
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The Effect and Experience of Clearing a Space with Art on Stress Reduction in Sign Language Interpreters
<p>Interpreters report higher levels of stress than other individuals involved in practice professions. This study hypothesized that Clearing a Space with Art, a Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy approach (Rappaport, 2009) would lead to measurable as well as perceived decreases in stress. Three …
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Vision-Based automatic translation for South African Sign Language (SASL)
… people with hearing abilities neither understand sign language nor know how to sign. This creates a communication barrier between the deaf and hard of hearing and people with hearing, to the disadvantage of the DHH. In 2018, South African Sign Language (SASL) became an official subject in South …
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Vision-Based automatic translation for South African Sign Language (SASL)
… people with hearing abilities neither understand sign language nor know how to sign. This creates a communication barrier between the deaf and hard of hearing and people with hearing, to the disadvantage of the DHH. In 2018, South African Sign Language (SASL) became an official subject in South …
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Exploration of attitude of main stream teachers in the provision of special education: a case study of Chibote girls’ secondary school Kitwe district, Zambia.
… include lack adequate classroom space, lack of sign language interpreters, HI learners do not pass examinations among others. The research has also established that HI learners attending mainstream classes are free to interact with some mainstream teachers while they find it difficult to …
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Exploration of attitude of main stream teachers in the provision of special education: a case study of Chibote girls’ secondary school Kitwe district, Zambia.
… include lack adequate classroom space, lack of sign language interpreters, HI learners do not pass examinations among others. The research has also established that HI learners attending mainstream classes are free to interact with some mainstream teachers while they find it difficult to …
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The Effect of Time and Experience on Kinematics During a Simulated Sign Language Interpreting Session Using a Preferred Work to Rest Ratio
Sign language interpreters (SLI) provide a vital service to the deaf community but also experience high levels of pain and suffer from career threatening musculoskeletal disorders. Balancing work and rest (recovery) may be a useful intervention to help address these concerns. This thesis addresses …
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Development of peer education with deaf sign language teachers in Jordan
… will explore the notion of peer education and sign language teachers in Jordan, to see if the prospective peer platform can be easily formed or there are challenges facing the Jordanian sign language teachers. Teaching sign language has been of an important concept in expanding pools of sign …
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`Access to Media in Zambia: The Special case of Persons Living With Perception Disabilities(The Deaf and Blind) In Lusaka
… to PWPD. The study was a descriptive design which adopted a triangulation principle in which both the quantitative and qualitative techniques were used. 60 self-administered questionnaires were distributed to the deaf respondents with the help of sign language interpreters for the …
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The effect of nonverbal communication training on the acquisition of sign language.
… on the acquisition of expressive and receptive sign language skills. Thirteen skills were included. Twenty-eight participants enrolled in the Beginning Interpreter Training Program (BITP) held at the University of Arizona were selected as subjects. The subjects were randomly assigned to two …
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The role of interpreters in accessing psychological support and developing relationships in mental health and Deafness
… Consequently, the review considers how access to sign language interpreters, education, and collaboration between deaf clients, interpreters and mental health services are instrumental in generating change and improving access. In a further exploration of the experience of mental health care for …
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The socio-economic status, sign language interpreter utilisation and the cost of providing South African sign language interpreter services in the Cape Metropole District health services
… prevalence of 3.7% in South Africa. Although sign language Interpreters (SLIs) improve the communication challenges in health care they are unaffordable for many Deaf people. On the other hand, there are no legal provisions in place to ensure the provision of SLIs in the health sector in most …
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Accessibility of sign language services to the deaf in tertiary education institutions: a case of the University of Zambia and Zambia Institute of special education
… in tertiary education in Zambia have access to sign language services. Participants were drawn from the University of Zambia, Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health, Zambia Institute of Special Education and Ministry of Higher Education. Four objectives guided the study: …
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Accessibility of sign language services to the deaf in tertiary education institutions: a case of the University of Zambia and Zambia Institute of special education
… in tertiary education in Zambia have access to sign language services. Participants were drawn from the University of Zambia, Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health, Zambia Institute of Special Education and Ministry of Higher Education. Four objectives guided the study: …
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An exploration of the efficacy of instructor modelling in the application of situated learning to educating student British Sign Language/English interpreters in healthcare interpreting
… to determine whether the performance of student sign language interpreters in simulated healthcare assignments was positively impacted by viewing a modelled interpretation, done by an experienced interpreter beforehand. It also explores the benefits of situating learning in a semi-authentic …
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An analysis of the assessment and treatment of problematic and offending behaviours in the deaf population
… on the perceptions of professionals and British Sign Language interpreters who have experience of working with Deaf people involved in the CJS as well as police officers’ experiences. The findings revealed that neither the professionals working with Deaf people involved in the CJS, nor the CJS in …
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Facilitators and barriers in academic assessment of learners with hearing impairment: a case of examinations council of Zambia
… of education. The study used a case study design and utilized qualitative approach. The study had a sample size of fifty participants who included ten teachers, ten item writers, ten examiners, five ECZ Subject Specialist Officers, five Education Standards Officers, three Curriculum …
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