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Not hearing us: An exploration of the experience of deaf prisoners in English and Welsh prisons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This research explores the experiences of profoundly deaf prisoners in England and Wales. It analyses current provisions for deaf prisoners and uses interviews and case studies to investigate the manner in which provision is delivered in order to make a ...
McCulloch, Daniel
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Efficacy of speech intervention using electropalatography with a cochlear implant user [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Electropalatography (EPG) has become relatively well established as a safe and convenient technique for use in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children and adults with articulation disorders.
Herman, R., Pantelemidou, V., Thomas, J.
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Assessing the Readiness of Nairobi Deaf Youth to Accept a Best-practice HIV/AIDS Intervention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
After nearly forty years of HIV/AIDS research in the global community, data on HIV/AIDS in the Deaf population is still disproportionately neglected. No surveillance system is in place to monitor prevalence, awareness or mode of HIV infection in the Deaf
Morrell, Ke\u27ala
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How level and type of deafness affects user perception of multimedia video clips [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Our research investigates the impact that hearing has on the perception of digital video clips, with and without captions, by discussing how hearing loss, captions and deafness type affects user QoP (Quality of Perception).
Ghinea, G, Gulliver, SR
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Feline Deafness [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 2012
Cats have among the best hearing of all mammals in that they are extremely sensitive to a broad range of frequencies. The ear is a highly complex structure that is delicately balanced in terms of its biochemistry, types of receptors, ion channels, mechanical properties, and cellular organization.
David K, Ryugo, Marilyn, Menotti-Raymond
openaire   +2 more sources

Joining hands: developing a sign language machine translation system with and for the deaf community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper discusses the development of an automatic machine translation (MT) system for translating spoken language text into signed languages (SLs). The motivation for our work is the improvement of accessibility to airport information announcements ...
Morrissey, Sara, Way, Andy
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“It’s beyond enough”: teachers’ experiences and perspectives of rehabilitation inclusion for working with deaf and hard of hearing children in rural areas of China

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Evidence suggests that individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) are a heterogeneous population and may present with their unique needs that set them apart from general disability group.
Zhizhuo Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The contribution of phonological knowledge, memory, and language background to reading comprehension in deaf populations

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2015
While reading is challenging for many deaf individuals, some become proficient readers. Yet we do not know the component processes that support reading comprehension in these individuals.
Elizabeth Ann Hirshorn   +6 more
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Temporal and causal reasoning in deaf and hearing novice readers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Temporal and causal information in text are crucial in helping the reader form a coherent representation of a narrative. Deaf novice readers are generally poor at processing linguistic markers of causal/temporal information (i.e., connectives), but what ...
Arfé B.   +9 more
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The humanistic approach in physiotherapy

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Physiotherapy, 1977
Die skryfster beklemtoon die belong van motivering raadgewing as deel van die rol wat die fisioterapeut het, in 'n noue en dikwels intieme verwantskap met n pasient wat gerehabiliteer word. Hierdie verwantskap vloei voort uit die fisieke kontak gedurende
N. Lennard
doaj   +1 more source

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