Use of hearing devices and fluency in Brazilian Sign Language and oral language in deaf students
ABSTRACT Purpose: to assess the relationship between deaf students’ fluency in Brazilian Sign Language (BSL) and oral language and hearing aid use. Method: the sample comprised 112 professional BSL translators, interpreters, and instructors. They answered a questionnaire on hearing characteristics...
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| author | Erika Fernanda Clark Ludimila Labanca Izabel Cristina Campolina Miranda Denise Utsch Gonçalves |
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| description | ABSTRACT Purpose: to assess the relationship between deaf students’ fluency in Brazilian Sign Language (BSL) and oral language and hearing aid use. Method: the sample comprised 112 professional BSL translators, interpreters, and instructors. They answered a questionnaire on hearing characteristics and BSL and oral language fluency of students accompanied by them, who attended municipal schools in a Brazilian city. Association analysis between oral language fluency, BSL fluency, the degree of hearing loss, and device use was made with the chi-square test or Fisher’s Exact test. The significance level was set at p<0.05. Results: the professionals’ responses referred to 88% (n = 126) of all deaf students enrolled in municipal schools. The students’ mean age was 13 years; 72 (57%) were males, 98 (78%) had severe or profound hearing loss, 57 (45%) used electronic hearing devices, 83 (66%) were fluent only in BSL, 12 (10%) were fluent only in oral language, and 18 (14%) were fluent in both BSL and oral language. Hearing device use was statistically associated with oral fluency (p < 0.001). Of all students fluent in oral language (n = 30), 18 (60%) were also fluent in BSL (p < 0.001). Conclusion: BSL was the communication modality most used by students, including those who also used oral language and electronic hearing devices. This may indicate a change in the social perception of deaf people, their language, and their culture. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eaa0d89a24c841098dfefc8cad6f4ac12024-08-03T00:46:17ZengAssociação Brasileira de Motricidade Orofacial - ABRAMORevista CEFAC1982-02162022-11-0124410.1590/1982-0216/20222443322Use of hearing devices and fluency in Brazilian Sign Language and oral language in deaf studentsErika Fernanda Clarkhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3503-246XLudimila Labancahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3296-4800Izabel Cristina Campolina Mirandahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9455-5562Denise Utsch Gonçalveshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9154-7436ABSTRACT Purpose: to assess the relationship between deaf students’ fluency in Brazilian Sign Language (BSL) and oral language and hearing aid use. Method: the sample comprised 112 professional BSL translators, interpreters, and instructors. They answered a questionnaire on hearing characteristics and BSL and oral language fluency of students accompanied by them, who attended municipal schools in a Brazilian city. Association analysis between oral language fluency, BSL fluency, the degree of hearing loss, and device use was made with the chi-square test or Fisher’s Exact test. The significance level was set at p<0.05. Results: the professionals’ responses referred to 88% (n = 126) of all deaf students enrolled in municipal schools. The students’ mean age was 13 years; 72 (57%) were males, 98 (78%) had severe or profound hearing loss, 57 (45%) used electronic hearing devices, 83 (66%) were fluent only in BSL, 12 (10%) were fluent only in oral language, and 18 (14%) were fluent in both BSL and oral language. Hearing device use was statistically associated with oral fluency (p < 0.001). Of all students fluent in oral language (n = 30), 18 (60%) were also fluent in BSL (p < 0.001). Conclusion: BSL was the communication modality most used by students, including those who also used oral language and electronic hearing devices. This may indicate a change in the social perception of deaf people, their language, and their culture.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-18462022000400501&tlng=ptHearing LossLanguageMultilingualismHearingHearing Aids |
| spellingShingle | Erika Fernanda Clark Ludimila Labanca Izabel Cristina Campolina Miranda Denise Utsch Gonçalves Use of hearing devices and fluency in Brazilian Sign Language and oral language in deaf students Revista CEFAC Hearing Loss Language Multilingualism Hearing Hearing Aids |
| title | Use of hearing devices and fluency in Brazilian Sign Language and oral language in deaf students |
| title_full | Use of hearing devices and fluency in Brazilian Sign Language and oral language in deaf students |
| title_fullStr | Use of hearing devices and fluency in Brazilian Sign Language and oral language in deaf students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of hearing devices and fluency in Brazilian Sign Language and oral language in deaf students |
| title_short | Use of hearing devices and fluency in Brazilian Sign Language and oral language in deaf students |
| title_sort | use of hearing devices and fluency in brazilian sign language and oral language in deaf students |
| topic | Hearing Loss Language Multilingualism Hearing Hearing Aids |
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