Submitted by Silvana Teresinha Dornelles Studzinski (sstudzinski) on 2016-06-14T14:03:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Felipe Rocha Carneiro_.pdf: 2544491 bytes, checksum: fd21e5fffaf06a468e94644cb0dcfff0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-14T14:03:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Felipe Rocha Carneiro_.pdf: 2544491 bytes, checksum: fd21e5fffaf06a468e94644cb0dcfff0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-30 / IFRR - Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia de Roraima / Nota-se, atualmente, que o avanço da tecnologia e a crescente quantidade de dispositivos móveis vêm estimulando o uso deste tipo de tecnologia. Porém, esses dispositivos não estão prontos para atender pessoas com determinados tipos de deficiência, especificamente o deficiente auditivo. O presente trabalho tem por objetivo propor um modelo de suporte ao deficiente auditivo chamado Hermes. O Hermes em relação aos trabalhos relacionados é o único a apresentar sensibilidade ao contexto, pois nenhum dos modelos avaliados apresenta essa característica. Além disso, Hermes suporta o reconhecimento de som, a localização de recurso e por fim, suporte a trilhas. A avaliação do modelo foi baseada em cenários, partindo de um recurso selecionado pelo usuário, mostrando que o aplicativo possui suporte à acessibilidade. O Hermes foi avaliado por 10 usuários, um deles deficiente auditivo. Os avaliadores aprovaram com 88% o aplicativo no quesito que buscou avaliar a facilidade percebida de uso, e com 90% o quesito de utilidade percebida. / It is perceivable that the technology advance and the growing on the amount of mobile devices have stimulated the use of this type of technology. Nevertheless, these devices are not completely available to people who have some types of disability, especially the hearing disability. This paper aims to propose a support model for the hearing impaired, an application called Hermes. Hermes in relation to the related works is the one to be sensitive to the context, because none of the evaluated models has this feature. Moreover, Hermes is able to recognize sounds, localize a resource and tracking supports. The evaluation of the sample was based on scenarios, where the starting point was a resource chosen by the user, showing that the application supports accessibility. Hermes application was evaluated by 10 users, one of them is deaf. The evaluators approved the requirement of ease to use in 88%, and the requirement of usefulness in 90%.

Being "deaf" is defined as the inability to hear, but it can also be defined as a culture centered around sensibilities and shared life experiences. This endeavor seeks to integrate the hearing-impaired and hearing communities through the application of "Deaf Space" and other design theories. The result is an inspiring, empowering, and lively solution.

A disabling condition that is common for many senior adults is hearing impairment. Studies have shown that a substantial number of people who could benefit from amplification choose not to use hearing aid. Often the reasons may be because they have unrealistic expectations of what hearing aids can do. These unrealistic expectations are not necessarily from personal use, but the senior adult is often influenced by the media, acquaintances, or advertisements. The purpose of this study was to determine if a computer program developed with information about hearing aids and their use could be used to influence the expectations senior adults have regarding hearing aids. Thirty - five subjects were involved in this study. Thirty - two subjects were volunteers from Portland First Nazarene Church, two were from a local bank and one was a retired health professional. Seventeen of the subjects were selected to come to Portland State University to view a computer program about hearing aids. The other 18 were part of the control group and did not view the computer program. Ten days following the viewing a questionnaire was mailed to all thirty - five participants. The questions on the questionnaire related the expectations senior adults had about hearing aids in the following areas: cosmetic, acoustics, cost and upkeep, communication benefits, attitudes, acoustics, and comfort. The results were tabulated and percentages calculated. The results of this study indicated that, in general, senior adults have unrealistic expectations in many areas. In some areas such as acoustics, comfort, and ease of use senior adults' expectations seemed to be influenced by the information in the computer program. The information obtained in this study would indicate that senior adults' expectations could be influenced by information they received from a computer program. In many areas, such as the cosmetics, communication benefits, cost and attitudes the information provided by the computer program needs to be further developed and expanded in order for it to influence the expectations of senior adults about hearing aids.

Includes vita. / Professional research project (Au.D.)--University of South Florida, 2001. / Title from PDF of title page. / Document formatted into pages; contains 47 pages. / Includes bibliographical references. / Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. / ABSTRACT: The purpose of this project was to implement the newly revised International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICIDH-2) developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), to establish specific aural rehabilitation goals. Five graduate clinicians in speech language pathology and audiology interviewed ten participants with adult onset hearing loss. A modified version of the General Questions for Participation and Activities (i.e., a structured interview technique) from the ICIDH-2 Checklist, was developed. Prior to completing this checklist, the students attended a brief training session to become familiar with the major components of the ICIDH-2, specifically theICIDH-2 Checklist. / Completion of the ICIDH-2 Checklist, Version 2.1a, clinician form (prefinal draft, December 2000), allowed the students to classify and qualify disability and health according to the constructs of Activity and Participation, (i.e., what a person can and cannot do as a result of hearing loss and what a person does and does not do as a result of hearing loss, respectively). Following completion of Parts 2 (Activities and Participation) and 3 (Environmental Factors) of the Checklist for each of the ten clients interviewed, aural rehabilitation goals were developed. Four participants are highlighted to illustrate how the ICIDH-2 is used to objectify the impact of hearing loss and to establish specific treatment goals. / The results support the use of the modified version of the General Questions for Participation and Activities in development of aural rehabilitation goals for clients with adult onset hearing loss. Graduate clinicians demonstrated the ability to complete the checklist with little assistance, suggesting that the use of the ICIDH-2 by experienced clinicians should be a relatively easy task. Goal development was also a relatively easy task using the checklist ratings, and the ratings related directly to the individual participant's quality of life in their current situation. / System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. / Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Clear speech is a type of speaking style that improves speech intelligibility for many individuals. For example, one study showed a 17 percentage point increase in intelligibility over conversational speech for individuals with sensorineural hearing loss (Picheny et al., 1985). The clear speech benefit also extends to children with learning disabilities (Bradlow et al., 2003), non-native listeners (Bradlow and Bent, 2002), and other populations. Although clear speech is typically slower than conversational speech, it can be produced, naturally, at normal rates with training. For young listeners with normal hearing, clear speech at normal rates (clear/normal) is more intelligible than conversational speech (conv/normal) and is almost as beneficial as clear speech at slow rates (clear/slow) (Krause and Braida, 2002). However, a preliminary study by Krause (2001), found that clear/normal speech may benefit some older listeners with hearing loss but not others, suggesting that age may be a factor in the clear speech benefit at normal rates. It is evident, though, that clear speech at slow rates benefits this population (Picheny et al., 1985; Payton et al., 1994; Schum, 1996; Helfer, 1998). Therefore, the purpose of the study was to examine older listeners with normal hearing to determine how speech intelligibility, measured by % correct keyword scores, varies with speaking mode, speaking rate, talker and listener. Results were then compared to previously collected data from younger listeners with normal hearing (Krause and Braida, 2002) in order to isolate the effect of age on the size of clear speech benefit at slow and normal speaking rates.Eight adults (ages 55-68) with normal hearing participated in speech intelligibility tests.

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Žinoma, kad kas dešimtas vaikas, turintis klausos negalią, gimsta kurčiųjų šeimoje, kiti devyni gimsta ir auga girdinčiųjų šeimose. Pastarosioms yra labai sudėtinga susitaikyti su šiuo faktu, joms reikalinga visokeriopa pagalba, o ypač psichologinė, kurios Lietuvoje labiausiai trūksta. Dėl nepakankamo žinių lygio apie savo vaiko negalią ir problemas, su kuriomis bus susiduriama, dėl savo psichologinės būklės tėvai daro daug klaidų spręsdami vaikų su klausos negalia ugdymo klausimus. Tik ankstyvojoje vaikystėje tinkamai organizuotas kurčio vaiko ugdymas gali sukurti prielaidas išugdyti pilnavertę asmenybę. Kiek tėvai gali nuspręsti kas jų vaikui geriausia, kiek jie žino apie būtiną ankstyvą klausos pažeidimų diagnostiką, apie savo neįgalaus vaiko ugdymo, protezavimo, įvairias pagalbos formas bei kitas galimybes – tai labai svarbūs kurčio vaiko pozityvios socializacijos veiksniai. / Statistics data shows that one out of ten hearing impaired children is born to a deaf family while nine hearing impaired children are born to a hearing family. Hearing families have great problems to accept the fact of their child‘s deafness and need many-sided support especially psychological help and advice. Because of lack of knowledge about the needs and problems of deaf children as well as their hard psychological state parents make many mistakes regarding decisions on education of their deaf children. Only appropriately organized process of education since early childhood enables to raise a deaf child as a socialized person. Parents’ knowledge of early childhood deafness diagnostics and identification, services, education, technological equipment, communication, various support forms, and other opportunities – these are very important factors for positive socialization of deaf children.

Thesis (M.Eng.(Bio-Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Summaries in Afrikaans and English. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--James Madison University, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references.

CAPES / O conhecimento científico produzido nas universidades e nas instituições de pesquisa tem sido divulgado através da Internet em portais acadêmicos, revistas científicas online e repositórios digitais. Repositórios digitais de acesso aberto ao conhecimento científico têm sido implementados como uma maneira de disponibilizar a literatura acadêmica sem custos para as pessoas que acessam esses textos. Elaborar os repositórios visando proporcionar acessibilidade para as pessoas com deficiência e com especificidades de acesso é uma maneira de promover a inclusão no meio acadêmico, favorecendo os estudos dessas pessoas no Ensino Superior. As pessoas surdas possuem uma forma diferenciada de apreensão do mundo, que ocorre por meio da percepção visual, resultando em uma demanda de acesso à Internet distinta em relação às pessoas ouvintes. O idioma usado pelas pessoas surdas é a Libras, que possui uma construção gramatical diversa da língua portuguesa, motivo pelo qual a leitura de textos para as pessoas surdas pode ser dificultosa. O presente trabalho buscou conhecer quais as percepções que as pessoas surdas têm em relação à acessibilidade em sites de acesso ao conhecimento científico via Internet. Por meio de entrevistas em profundidade, foi possível coletar dados que foram analisados conforme o método comparativo constante. Os resultados obtidos revelaram que o acesso ao conhecimento científico não é apenas inacessível, é também excludente, pois não oferece alternativas em línguas de sinais para que as pessoas surdas possam ter entendimento dos conteúdos presentes nesses sites. / The scientific knowledge produced in universities and research institutes has been published through Internet in academic portals, online scientific magazines and digital repositories. Open access to scientific knowledge digital repositories have been implemented as a manner to offer academic literature without costs to people who access these essays. Developing repositories aiming at providing accessibility to people with a disability and impairment is a way to promote social inclusion in academic environment, favoring these people's studies in higher education. Deaf people have a differentiated way of the world apprehension, which occurs through visual perception, resulting in an Internet access demand distinctive from hearing people. The language used by Brazilian deaf people is Libras, which has a grammatical structure apart from Portuguese, the reason that reading to deaf people can be difficult. The present essay ought to know which perceptions deaf people have in relation to accessibility in open access to scientific knowledge websites. Through depth interviews, it was possible to collect data that have been analyzed according to constant comparative method. The results obtained revealed that scientific knowledge access is not only inaccessible, but also exclusionary, as it does not offer options in sign language so deaf people can understand the content on these websites.