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- Positive Psychology in Research with the Deaf Community: An Idea Whose
Time Has Come- Authors: Szarkowski A; Brice P.
Pages: 111 - 117
Abstract: The emergence of positive psychology as an approach to studying what makes life worth living has inspired a new wave of research. Studies have focused on the prevalence and degree of positive attributes, attitudes, and characteristics in the wider population. Increasingly, lessons learned from positive psychology have been applied to understanding the more diverse experiences of individuals belonging to various groups. Only recently, however, has positive psychology research incorporated a disability perspective, and very little research from a positive psychology stance has been conducted with deaf people. This article addresses the application of positive psychology constructs in the context of deaf communities and individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. We argue that utilization of a positive psychology paradigm can broaden and enrich a collective understanding of deaf people, and suggest a different set of research questions. A positive psychology mindset encourages scholars to learn how people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and those within the larger deaf community11, may define and attain “the good life.”
PubDate: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enx058
Issue No: Vol. 23, No. 2 (2018)
- A Systematic Review of Services to DHH Children in Rural and Remote
Regions- Authors: Barr M; Duncan J, Dally K.
Pages: 118 - 130
Abstract: Children in regional, rural and remote areas have less access to services than those living in urban areas. Practitioners serving children with a hearing loss have attempted to address this gap, however there are few studies investigating service access and experiences of non-metropolitan families and professionals. This systematic review evaluates the literature on service provision to children with a hearing loss living in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia. A search of five databases, the gray literature and a prominent author located 37 relevant documents. The journal articles were rated for quality and the findings of all documents were themed. The evidence from this review indicates that children with a hearing loss living in regional, rural and remote Australia experience reduced quality and frequency of service. Further investigation is needed to identify the accessibility and suitability of services for children with a hearing loss in non-metropolitan areas.
PubDate: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enx059
Issue No: Vol. 23, No. 2 (2018)
- Exploring the Identities of Hearing Parents who Chose Cochlear
Implantation for their Children with Hearing Loss- Authors: Scharp K; Barker B, Rucker S, et al.
Pages: 131 - 139
Abstract: We aimed to determine the types of identities hearing parents construct when telling online stories about their children with hearing loss (HL) who use cochlear implants (CIs). To do so, we employed a qualitative design and sampled 20 different blogs United States origins and written by parents of children who use CIs. We then used thematic narrative analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006; Riessman, C. K. (2008). Narrative methods for the human sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.) to uncover recurring themes from these parents’ blogs. The themes then allowed us to assign identities to the parents. Four identities emerged in the parents’ stories: (1) advocates, (2) resilient parents, (3) obedient worriers, and (4) matter-of-fact narrators. Identifying and understanding these parent identities is a first step toward improving theoretical and clinical insights into parents’ perspectives and experiences following their children’s diagnosis of HL. Such insights could ultimately improve audiologists’ abilities to help families seek out, implement, and follow-through with family-centered hearing healthcare.
PubDate: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enx060
Issue No: Vol. 23, No. 2 (2018)
- Reading Comprehension and Phonics Research: Review of Correlational
Analyses with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students- Authors: Luft P.
Pages: 148 - 163
Abstract: This manuscript reviews 28 studies of reading research on deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students published since 2000 that used correlational analyses. The examination focused on assessment issues affecting measurement and analysis of relationships between early phonological or orthographic skills and reading comprehension. Mixed outcomes complicate efforts to determine evidence-based practices, and to develop an accurate model of reading. Across the 28 studies, DHH participants represented a wide age range with potential floor and ceiling effects that reduce score variability for valid correlations. Many studies assessed readers beyond the optimal ages during which early skills develop and are most useful for reading. Reading skills also were assessed using a diverse array of measures and skill definitions. Particularly for reading comprehension, word-level and text-level abilities appear to be different constructs. Suggestions include more consistent skill definitions and differential timing for early- versus later-developing skill assessments to ensure more robust correlational relationships.
PubDate: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enx057
Issue No: Vol. 23, No. 2 (2018)
- Early Sign Language Experience Goes Along with an Increased Cross-modal
Gain for Affective Prosodic Recognition in Congenitally Deaf CI Users- Authors: Fengler I; Delfau P, Röder B.
Pages: 164 - 172
Abstract: It is yet unclear whether congenitally deaf cochlear implant (CD CI) users’ visual and multisensory emotion perception is influenced by their history in sign language acquisition. We hypothesized that early-signing CD CI users, relative to late-signing CD CI users and hearing, non-signing controls, show better facial expression recognition and rely more on the facial cues of audio-visual emotional stimuli. Two groups of young adult CD CI users—early signers (ES CI users; n = 11) and late signers (LS CI users; n = 10)—and a group of hearing, non-signing, age-matched controls (n = 12) performed an emotion recognition task with auditory, visual, and cross-modal emotionally congruent and incongruent speech stimuli. On different trials, participants categorized either the facial or the vocal expressions. The ES CI users more accurately recognized affective prosody than the LS CI users in the presence of congruent facial information. Furthermore, the ES CI users, but not the LS CI users, gained more than the controls from congruent visual stimuli when recognizing affective prosody. Both CI groups performed overall worse than the controls in recognizing affective prosody. These results suggest that early sign language experience affects multisensory emotion perception in CD CI users.
PubDate: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enx051
Issue No: Vol. 23, No. 2 (2018)
- Interrogating “DEAF-SAME”: Is this for Real'
- Authors: Robinson O.
Pages: 185 - 185
Abstract: Friedner, M. and Kusters, A. (Eds). (2015). It’s A Small World: International Deaf Spaces and Encounters. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. $70.00, hardback.
PubDate: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enx054
Issue No: Vol. 23, No. 2 (2018)
- Mothers of Deaf Children in the 21st Century. Dynamic Positioning Between
the Medical and Cultural–Linguistic Discourses- Authors: Matthijs L; Hardonk S, Sermijn J, et al.
Pages: 186 - 186
PubDate: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/eny003
Issue No: Vol. 23, No. 2 (2018)
- Language and Psychosocial Functioning among Deaf Learners with and without
Cochlear Implants- Authors: Marschark M; Machmer E, Spencer L, et al.
Pages: 187 - 187
PubDate: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/eny004
Issue No: Vol. 23, No. 2 (2018)
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