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Acquired deafness
- Author:
- DENNY Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 2(1), January 1993, pp.55-61.
This article highlights some of the emotional and social problems faced by elderly people with acquired deafness and some guidance on how to alleviate those problems in a practical way.
Extra care
- Author:
- CROUCH David
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 8.7.03, 2003, pp.22-25.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Looks at the importance of nurses being aware of the additional care needs of patients with disablities.
Toward a social relational model of Deaf childhood
- Authors:
- SNODDON Kristin, UNDERWOOD Kathryn
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 29(4), 2014, pp.530-542.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper advances a social relational model of Deaf childhood as a guiding framework for working with Deaf children in a present-day universal neonatal hearing screening and early intervention context. The authors discuss how Deaf children are contextualised in a medical model discourse, in a social model of Deaf childhood, and in a Deaf culture discourse. A social relational model is then discussed in with reference to a capability approach and to findings from the first author’s study of parents and young children participating in an American Sign Language shared reading programme in Ontario, Canada. (Edited publisher abstract)
The uphill struggle: services for deaf and hard of hearing people-issues of equality participation and access
- Authors:
- HARRIS Jennifer, BAMFORD Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 16(7), December 2001, pp.969-979.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article focuses upon the ways in which deaf and hard of hearing people are excluded from participation in society. Focuses on ordinary expectations that members of society have in terms of participating as citizens and performing socially sanctioned, adult roles. The roles of 'citizens', 'employee', 'parent' and 'patient' are discussed. The data illustrate the organisation and delivery of services can undermine, rather than facilitate, the performance of these roles. Argues that despite policy emphasis on social inclusion, current services and legislation fail to provide a firm basis for the full participation of deaf and hard of hearing people in British society.
Deaf people with mental health needs in the criminal justice system: a review of the UK literature
- Authors:
- YOUNG Alys, MONTEIRO Brendan, RIDGEWAY Sharon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 11(3), December 2000, pp.556-570.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
This article critically reviews the existing literature regarding evidence of the prevalence and characteristics of deaf people with mental health needs, drawing on a range of contexts: prisons, high-security services, specialist mental health services, and the police and courts. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between deafness, sign language use, mental disorder and unfitness to plead. Also discusses the clinical characteristics of this population in relation to a range of psycho-social consequences of deafness and sign language use in the UK today.
Consulting with children whose impairments affect their communication
- Author:
- CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Children in Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This factsheet summarises the main systems of communication in current use in the UK for children and young people with communication difficulties and provides a brief explanation of them. These systems come under the overall heading of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, a term which refers to any method of communicating that supplements the ordinary methods of speech and handwriting, where these are impaired. The factsheet covers technical aids, signing systems, symbol systems and tactile systems.
Social work practice with deaf clients: issues in culturally competent assessment
- Authors:
- MYERS Laura L., THYER Bruce A.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 26(1), 1987, pp.61-76.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Persons with severe hearing loss live in a unique cultural context with which social workers may not be familiar. This article reviews the skills needed for the culturally competent social work assessment with deaf clients, including communication skills, interviewing methods, taking case and family histories and behavioural observation.