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The Bioethics Of Providing Cochlear Implants To Children: Informed Choices And Autonomous Decision-Making, Katherine Mascia, John Mascia
The Bioethics Of Providing Cochlear Implants To Children: Informed Choices And Autonomous Decision-Making, Katherine Mascia, John Mascia
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The significant advances in technology and educational options for children who are deaf present a parent with opportunities to make choices on behalf of their child. The variability in overall results for all available options and the long-term implications of decisions made early in a child's life make it necessary for parents to utilize an objective process. A framework for ensuring the parent's right to make decisions on behalf of their child will be discussed using five principles of bioethics. Points of controversy regarding the use of cochlear implants as well as the use of American Sign Language (ASL) will …
Mental Health Services For The Deaf: A Focus Group Study In New York’S Capital Region, Heather K. Horton, Hee Chul Kim, Marley Mills
Mental Health Services For The Deaf: A Focus Group Study In New York’S Capital Region, Heather K. Horton, Hee Chul Kim, Marley Mills
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Improved functioning is typical when deaf mental health consumers are removed from inaccessible programming and placed in accessible environments. Observed gains have long-provided convincing evidence that social interaction (in sign language) is essential to recovery from mental illness. Still, many deaf people reside in psychiatric settings alongside others with whom they cannot communicate. A focus group was convened to investigate services in New York's Capital Region. Identified barriers included lack of deaf clinicians, scarcity of qualified mental health interpreters, and funding restrictions. Grass-root efforts are needed to advocate for increased accessibility and a fuller range of treatment options for deaf …