Search results for " Deaf"
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L'assistente alla comunicazione nella scuola è solo un mediatore linguistico? Problemi, specificità, formazione di una nuova figura professionale.
2009
In seguito all’applicazione della L.104/92 sull’integrazione dei soggetti in situazione di handicap, sono presenti nelle scuole italiane gli “assistenti alla comunicazione” per gli alunni sordi: si tratta di una nuova figura professionale che, all’interno dei servizi educativi, si propone di far da ponte tra sordi e udenti, in quanto esperto delle principali problematiche degli alunni sordi ed esperto nella LIS (Lingua dei Segni Italiana). Ma di che tipo di mediazione si tratta? Quali problemi solleva e quali riflessioni dal punto di vista pedagogico, sociale, linguistico e antropologico? Questi i principali ambiti di riflessione trattati all’interno dell’articolo, in termini problematici e…
Differentiation in language and gesture use during early bilingual development of hearing children of Deaf parents
2014
Hearing children of Deaf parents simultaneously acquire sign language and spoken language, which have many structural differences and represent two different modalities. We video-recorded eight children every six months between the ages of 12 and 24 months during three different play sessions: with their Deaf parent, with the Deaf parent and a hearing adult, and with a hearing adult alone. Additionally, we collected data on their vocabulary development in both sign language and spoken language. Children as young as 12 months old accommodated their language use according to the language(s) of their interlocutor(s). Additionally, the children used a manual modality that included gestures more…
Epidemiological study of nonsyndromic hearing loss in Sicilian newborns
2007
Deafness is caused by a variety of facts, genetic and environmental. Regarding the acquired causes, deafness can be the consequence of prenatal infections, acoustic or cerebral trauma, and the use of ototoxic drugs. Deafness can be the only manifestation (nonsyndromic forms) or it may occur together with other phenotypic findings (syndromic forms). The majority of nonsyndromicdeafness has a genetic basis [Van Camp et al., 1997]. In recent years, deafness and hearing loss have assumed a clinical importance in the study of congenital disorders [Morton et al., 1991]. The clinical interest for hearing loss is supported by the social impact that this disorder has; if not treated, delays in the d…
Hearing impairment and diverse health outcomes: An umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational studies
2021
Background: Globally, it is estimated that approximately 1.3 billion people live with some form of hearing impairment. Major causes of hearing loss include infection/disease, age-related factors, and occupational factors. Numerous systematic reviews and meta-analyses have attempted to synthesise literature on these topics. To date there has not been a systematic evaluation of the relationships between hearing impairment and diverse physical, mental, and social outcomes. Objective: We performed an umbrella review of systematic reviews of observational studies with meta-analyses for any physical disease, biomarkers of disease, mental health or cognitive outcomes, and/or modifiable risk factor…
Epidural hematoma after cochlear implantation in a 2.5-year-old boy.
2005
OBJECTIVE Report a case of an epidural hematoma after cochlear implantation in a 2.5-year-old boy, the diagnostic and therapeutical emergency management, as well as the postinterventional course and rehabilitation of the child. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case review. PATIENT Two and a half-year-old boy, suffering from early onset, profound sensorineural hearing loss had been diagnosed at an age of 1.5 years, which had been more severe on the right side initially, but had progressed to bilateral deafness. INTERVENTION AND COMPLICATION: Cochlear implantation on the left side, followed up by an extensive epidural hematoma, causing intracranial compression with a midline shift of 15 mm to the r…
Głusi i niemi w ustawodawstwie Justyniana
2015
Lengua de señas argentina (LSA) y español en la alfabetización de alumnos sordos. Aportes para la práctica educativa
2015
En el desarrollo de un modelo educativo Intercultural y bi(pluri)lingüe (lengua de señas argentina 'LSA- y español como lengua segunda) y otras lenguas extranjeras, lenguas muy disímiles constituyen la realidad lingüística del escenario educativo. El objetivo de este artículo es plantear algunas reflexiones acerca de la relación entre ellas en el proceso de alfabetización de alumnos sordos. In the development of an intercultural and bilingual educational model (LSA-spanish as a second language) and other foreign languages, different languages constitute the linguistic reality of the educational context. The aim of this paper is to present some reflections about the relationship between them…
Los parámetros que identifican el subtitulado para sordos: análisis y clasificación
2012
En los últimos años ha aumentado la presión social a favor de la accesibilidad audiovisual, lo que ha venido acompañado de un incremento en el número de productos subtitulados para sordos disponibles en el mercado. El significativo crecimiento en el número de estudios ha cuestionado la aplicación sistemática de los parámetros generales del subtitulado a la práctica del Subtitulado para Sordos (SPS). Partiendo de una propuesta de Bartoll (2008) para el estudio de los parámetros del subtitulado, el presente artículo plantea la adaptación de la taxonomía al estudio del SPS. Analizando los parámetros de naturaleza general aplicables al SPS, incorporando aquellos parámetros exclusivos de esta mo…
Vezatin, a novel transmembrane protein, bridges myosin VIIA to the cadherin-catenins complex
2000
International audience; Defects in myosin VIIA are responsible for deafness in the human and mouse. The role of this unconventional myosin in the sensory hair cells of the inner ear is not yet understood. Here we show that the C-terminal FERM domain of myosin VIIA binds to a novel transmembrane protein, vezatin, which we identi®ed by a yeast two-hybrid screen. Vezatin is a ubiquitous protein of adherens cell±cell junctions, where it interacts with both myosin VIIA and the cadherin±catenins complex. Its recruitment to adherens junctions implicates the C-terminal region of a-catenin. Taken together, these data suggest that myosin VIIA, anchored by vezatin to the cadherin±catenins complex, cre…
Speech perception outcomes after cochlear implantation in prelingually deaf infants: The Western Sicily experience
2013
Objectives: To describe audiometric characteristics and speech perception performances of prelingually deaf Sicilian children after cochlear implantation; to identify the influence of cochlear implant (CI) user and family's characteristics on speech recognition and intelligibility outcomes. Methods: Twenty-eight infants with a congenital or acquired hearing impairment and implanted before the 3rd year of life were studied; all children suffered from bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) with evidence of lack of hearing aids benefit and no evidence of intellectual disability. The study of the main characteristics associated with CI user and family's profile was performed with a clinica…