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Transliterating The Sf-12 For The Deaf Community’S Use: A Pilot Study, Melanie C. Nakaji, Georgia Robins Sadler, Karen Clark, Kelly Kynaston, Anahita Ezeddin-Lou

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This paper describes the methodological process involved in the transliteration, from English into American Sign Language, of the 12-item Short Form Health Survey, and gives an example of how these future physicians can work with members of the Deaf community to improve the community's overall health and wellbeing. The paper will also provide clear evidence of the need for strong support for research, as well as the need for widespread collaboration and participation on the part of the Deaf community.

The Mental Health Needs And Perspectives Of Culturally Deaf Older Adults Living In Two Counties In Florida, David M. Feldman, William Kearns

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The objective of this study was to develop an understanding of the perceptions and needs of Deaf older adults related to mental health services in their communities. There has been little research on this population and few studies have been published that explore mental health and the Deaf older adult population. A survey of two associations for the Deaf in Florida sampled attitudes of participants who were 55 years old or above and considered themselves to be "culturally Deaf." Questions were developed to better understand the perspectives of Deaf older adults related to current availability of services, desire for services, …

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Nutritional Health Among Deaf Adults, Neva L. Crogan, Elaine G. Jones, Youngmi Kang

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The purpose of this study was to describe nutritional health of Deaf adults in terms of nutrition knowledge, eating patterns, and Body Mass Index (BMI).Fifty-seven Deaf adults in the Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan areas completed 3-day eating diaries, sections B and C of the General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire for adults, and were measured for height and weight for BMI. Analysis found an average score of 50% on the nutrition knowledge questionnaire, 33.10% of dietary calories came from fat; less than 1 serving of fruit per day and slightly more than one serving of vegetables per day and most were …

Comparison Of Face-To-Face And Video-Mediated Communication With Deaf Individuals: Implications For Telepsychotherapy, Michael John Gournaris, Irene W. Leigh

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Telecommunications and videoconference systems are increasingly replacing face-to-face communication (F2F). Video-mediated communication (VMC) offers the benefit of virtual F2F communication over long distances. The purpose of this study was to compare communication performance and perceptions for deaf individuals in F2F and VMC situations using a Map Task. Deaf participants were instructed by a deaf instructor using American Sign Language to mark routes. There were no significant differences in the length of sessions, almost all communication breakdown events, map task deviations, and overall outcomes. The results suggest that effective communication can occur in VMC situations. Research is needed to gauge the …

Therapy Using Interpreters: Questions On The Use Of Interpreters In Therapeutic Settings For Monolingual Therapists, Steven Hamerdinger, Ben Karlin

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The use of sign language interpreters in mental health is a subject that has not received a great deal of attention in the literature in recent years. It is critical that interpreters be competent, but not much attention has been paid to other critical elements in the therapeutic triad, specifically what is required of clinicians in order to make therapy using interpreters work. This article explores some of those issues and makes specific recommendations regarding how it maximize effectiveness of this approach to bridging the gap between the need for mental health services and the supply of clinicians who are …

African American Hearing Families With Deaf Children: A Review Of The Literature, Valerie Borum

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Deafness Mental Health Needs Assessment: A Model, Peter C. Myers, Marita M. Danek

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The success of any new program often depends on an accurate needs assessment of the population to be served. Program planning is particularly difficult for low incidence disabilities, such as deafness. This paper presents a model to assist practitioners in community mental health program planning for deaf adults. The model is applied to a large metropolitan community in the southwestern part of the United States. Several issues emerge as a result of applying this model and we make recommendations for more effective mental health service provision based on these issues.

Public Awareness Of Hearing Impairment And Sources Of Assistance, Geri Lacourt Grinstead, Herbert J. Oyer

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Testing For Values With The Deaf- The Language: Cultural Effect, Carol S. Holm

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The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons why, although values are an important consideration in career planning and vocational adjustment, their measurement has not been attended to by researchers and psyshometricians in the counseling and guidance fields of service to hearing-impaired people; to examine the theory that values are culture bound, and that a psychometric instrument measuring values, to be valid for hearing-impaired populations, must take into consideration both the native language and unique social environment and culture of the deaf people; to introduce new data suggesting that a values questionnaire can be appropriate for deaf subjects …

Issues In Assessing Vocationally Relevant Personality Factors Of Prelingually Deaf Adults Utilizing The 16pf-E, A. W. Bannowsky

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Effect Of Degree Attainment On Improving The Economic Status Of Individuals Who Are Deaf, Gerard G. Walter, Jack R. Clarcq, Wendell S. Thompson

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This paper examines the effect of completing college on increasing employability and earnings, and decreasing reliance on federal subsidies by way of Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance. In collaboration with the Social Security Administration, the study analyzes the economic status of deaf and hard-of-hearing graduates and non-graduates of the Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Findings indicate that graduation from college results in major economic benefits for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons. Baccalaureate graduates in this study will earn about 68 percent more over their working lives than students who attended but withdraw without …

School-To-Work Transitions For Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Students In America, Bobbie Gale Bonds

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Transition from school into the world of work can be difficult. Literacy, communication, and technology skills must be well-developed to enter and remain on the job. Strong school preparation opportunities can help ease the transition. In 1994, as part of the national movement for educational reform. Congress passed the School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA), which recognized the importance of including every student from kindergarten through grade 12, with special focus on the needs of women, minorities, and disabled individuals. The Act, linked with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), requires that educational programs develop school to work (STW) transition plans …

Ntid Freshmen Deaf College Students Alcohol And Drug Use 1999, Gerard J. Buckley

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This paper summarizes the initial findings by investigators at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf concerning the alcohol and drug use habits of entering Deaf and hard of hearing students. The paper summarizes self-reported answers to a survey distributed to this group of college freshmen in1999. The results of this survey are compared with other national studies to provide a comparative assessment of alcohol and drug use by this student group. Recommendations for action based upon the results of this survey are proposed.

Using The Deaf Community As An Alternative Treatment Strategy: Developing Deaf Treatment Foster Homes, Stephen H. Hamerdinger, Daniel Murphy

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There are few treatment programs for deaf children who have severe emotional or behavioral disturbances. Most programs are residential in nature. While these programs provide a much needed service, they are not available to every child that needs treatment. Further, many children do better in smaller, family oriented environments than they do in residential treatment programs. Therapeutic foster care approaches are increasingly being used in many places as an alternative to residential treatment for hearing children.

Until recently, such programs have not been greatly utilized as an alternative to treatment for deaf children. When deaf children are placed in such …

Mixed Gendered Group Psychotherapy Of Sexually Abused Deaf College Students, Diane D. Morton, Alan L. Marcus

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The prevalence of childhood sexual abuse among deaf people has not been widely reported. Moreover, documented effective treatment approaches with this population is very limited to traditional forms of individual psychotherapy treatment. The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility and challenges of implementing a mixed gender group psychotherapy program with deaf survivors of sexual abuse in childhood. Two, year long mixed-gender groups provide the case material to discuss issues related to the setting up of such a group as well as the effectiveness of treatment. Anecdotal findings from the two groups are reported.

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From Traditional To Innovative Assessment: The Case Of Depression, Irene W. Leigh

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This article reviews various approaches to the assessment of depression in deaf people as based on current research. Studies comparing traditional paper and pencil instrumentation with American Sign Language (ASL) video tape approaches are presented. Results indicate that both approaches do work with deaf clients, depending on language proficiency in either English or ASL. Exploration of computerized technology is warranted.

Assessment Of Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Persons: A Strengths Based Transactional Deafness Paradigm, Martha Sheridan

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This article discusses the existence of a cultural and professional obsession with pathology which has jaded mental health assessments of consumers. The importance of incorporating ecological and strengths perspectives into the assessment process is discussed. It is suggested that individual and environmental strengths need to be taken into consideration for a more positive, respectful and empowering shift in assessment paradigms to occur. Deaf knowledgeable mental health professionals have an ethical obligation to consider the strengths and meanings of various d/Deaf, hard-of-hearing and late deafened realities as well as the individual's ancestral, cultural, spiritual and gender realities. A strengths based transactional …

Essays By Deaf Youth: Implications For Counselors And Teachers, David S. Martin, William P. Mccrone, Patricia Martin

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For several years, Gallaudet University's School of Education and Human Services and Pre-College National Mission Programs (now Clerc Center) have co-sponsored an annual national essay contest for deaf and hard of hearing students in schools across the United States. In 1998, an unusually high number of essays -235- were received for review. During the process of serving as members of the judges’ panel for this national contest, the co-authors noted potentially important trends and patterns across the corpus of essays.

Preferences Of Deaf College Students For The Hearing Status Of Their Children, Margery S. Miller, Donald F. Moores, Deborah Sicoli

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The anticipated results of genetic research and the implications for genetic engineering have the potential to reduce the incidence of conditions such as cancer, but questions have been raised about the ethics of proceeding to conditions such as blindness, deafness or color-blindness. One area that has not been addressed is the preferences of deaf individuals for the hearing status of their children. The present study investigated the preference of deaf college students for the hearing status of children they might have in the future. The results indicated that the majority of respondents expressed no preference for hearing status of children. …