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Program Outcome Research In Residential Programs For Deaf Mentally Ill Adults, Cynthia Nickless

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A brief description is presented of a recent research investigation of program outcome in a deaf, mentally ill adult population. General benefits and limitations of outcome research are discussed. Special emphasis is given to the unique circumstances and methodological considerations that exist when conducting outcome research on a deaf, psychiatric population. Lastly, suggestions for similar research endeavors are presented.

Cross Cultural Ethics In The Conduct Of Deafness Research, Robert Q. Pollard Jr.

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This paper argues for and illustrates the application of contemporary cross-cultural ethical principle sand practices in deafness research. The relevance of framing some deafness researchas cross-cultural is first explained. A gradient is defined where cultural bearing varies from low to high, depending on a study’s topic and design. It is concluded that scientists should employ contemporary cross-cultural ethical practices when their studies have cultural bearing. The evolution and nature of these special ethical practices are then detailed. They extend research protections beyond the individual participant to the host community as a collective entity. They address: relations with the heterogeneous host …

Researchers Doing Research In Their Own (Or Others) Backyard: Reflective Comments, Mary E. Hauser

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The article considers issues of subjectivity, bias, the reader’s role, and politics, in qualitative research done with participants the researchers does and does not share a common frame of reference. The critical condition for establishing the integrity of the research is seen as being how the researchers makes clear his or her connections to the participants.

Research On Deaf Individuals By Hearing Persons: One Deaf Researcher’S Perspective, Michael S. Stinson

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This paper discusses four issues regarding the potential for research to be misguided when white, hearing persons, who are members of the majority culture, conduct investigations on members of two minority cultures, deaf and Asian-Pacific people. One potential danger is that researchers may draw conclusions that facilitate inappropriate stereotyping of deaf and Asian-Pacific persons. In addition, there are potential problems regarding credibility when researchers who are members of the majority culture write about individuals in a minority culture. Misguided work is less likely to occur when researchers who belong to the majority group are involved in the minority culture. However, …

The View From Within And Without: Conducting Research On Deaf Asian Americans, Tane C. Akamatsu

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This paper is a reflection on the process of researching and writing about Deaf Asian Americans (Akamatsu, 1993; Fischgrund & Akamatsu,1993). As a hearing person, I have used both quantitative and qualitative methods to study issues of bilingual language development primarily in deaf populations. However, it was not until recently that I realized that much of what I knew about deafness was in relationship to white Deaf Americans, and that much of what I knew about Asian Americans was about hearing Asian Americans. Two questions are considered in this text

1. In what way does looking at a problem from …

Outsider In The Deaf World: Reflections Of An Ethnographic Researcher, Susan Foster

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In this paper, the question of whether a hearing researcher can conduct research about the experiences and perspectives of deaf persons is examined. The author (a hearing researcher) argues that it is possible for hearing persons to do responsible and high quality research in the area of deafness, provided that steps are taken to include deaf persons in the design and/or review of the work. The author then describes the strategies she uses to insure that her work is not dominated by the hearing perspective.

Letter From The Editor, Gerard G. Walter

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Book Review, Franklin C. Post

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A New Agenda For Deafness Rehabilitation: Embracing Multicultural Diversity, Glenn B. Anderson

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Use Of The Children Of Alcoholics Screening Test With A Deaf Population, Steven Rich

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Thirty-four million Americans have one or both parents who could be classified as alcoholic. Research related to the effects of child rearing in alcoholic families has resulted in the identification of a common pattern of dysfunction in the family. This environment has been shown to place Children of Alcoholics into a high risk group for psychological, psychological, and sociological disorders. The Children of Alcoholics Screening Test is a 30 item scale that requires subjects to respond to their perceptions of, experience with, and reactions to, a parent(s) drinking and is designed to identify children, adolescents or adults of alcoholic parents. …

A Pilot Study Of The Eating/Dieting Behaviors And Attitudes Of College-Aged Women Who Are Hearing Impaired Vs. Their Hearing Peers, Melissa L. Fletcher

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Eating disorders have recently come into focus as a significant problem with college-aged women. Professional literature addresses eating disorders in several cultural minorities; however, women who are hearing-impaired have not been recognized as a group that may have significant issues with food. This preliminary study is a comparison of two groups of college-aged women (hearing and hearing-impaired), and their feelings about their bodies, dieting and eating. The survey tool is based on criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Revised-III, 1987, (SDMR-III) for eating disorder behavior, and also serves as a basis for larger scale study. The results indicated that …

Letter To The Editor, Franklin C. Post

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Letter From The Editor, Gerard G. Walter

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Book Review, Peter J. Seiler

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Point Of View/Article, Michael Tuceelll

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Gifted Hard Of Hearing Persons, Mccay Vernon, Elizabeth Lafalce

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The intent of this study is to find out what happens in the lives of intellectually gifted hard of hearing persons relative to their careers, psychological adjustments, educations, and general life circumstances. The individuals studied all had IQs of 130 or above and suffered the onset of hearing loss in childhood or early adulthood. As such, they represent a unique group, different in many respects from those whose hearing loss occurred in later years (Vemon & Andrews,1990).

Self-Concept Among Deaf And Hearing Children Of Deaf Parents, Matt J. Searls

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This study compared a sample of hearing college students with a sample of deaf college students, all having deaf parents, on each of the nine dimensions of self-concept assessed through the revised form of the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS). It addressed the question: Do the measured self-concepts of hearing children, reared by deaf parents, differ significantly from those of deaf children of deaf parents? Significant differences were found between TSCS mean scores for the deaf and hearing college students on the Behavior and Moral-Ethical Self scales. No differences resulted on the other six subscales or on the Total score of …

The Adaption Of Assessment Center Group Exercises For Deaf Job Applicants, Paul J. Berkay

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This article proposes a model for adapting Assessment Center group exercises for deaf job candidates. A major Fortune 500 Corporation authorized the formation of an Exercise Adaptation Team with deaf professionals and deaf employees. The team's primary responsibility was to adapt an existing behavioral assessment group exercise for deaf job applicants who prefer to communicate in sign language. Four trials were conducted with this exercise using deaf subjects as assessment candidates. As a result of this research, several adaptations were made, including the use of lap top computers for assessor notetaking, the translation of excersise instructions into American Sign Language, …