The purposes of this survey were (1) to determine the nature of the case load of speech clinicians in Texas public school speech and hearing therapy programs, (2) to determine the type and condition of facilities in which the therapy described in item one above is being conducted, (3) to ascertain what the speech and hearing clinicians of the state believed to be essential for the effective practice of therapy, and (4) to find out what the clinicians believed to be special problems in their present facilities.

The procedure of this qualitative research describes case studies of children with cochlear implants in the South Bohemia Region. It is a collection of information about their disabilities, families, social interactions and whole processes of rehabilitation before and after cochlear implantation. Its aim is to show how children with cochlear implants are successful and to facilitate the decision of each of their parents about the appropriate way of education for their own child with cochlear implant. Entire families of these children with cochlear implants, social workers, teachers and the other specialists can also use this text to better examine and consider the daily problems of children with cochlear implants.

Tyrimo objektas – greitų ir tikslių judesių mokymasis. Tyrimo tikslas – nustatyti ir palyginti merginų ir vaikinų greitų ir tikslių judesių greito mokymosi ypatumus atliekant uţduotį – 5 serijas po 20 kartojimų. Išvados: 1. Vaikinai atlikdami paprastą uţduotį reagavo greičiau nei merginos. 2. Merginos atlikdamos sudėtingą uţduotį ją išmoko atlikę pirmą seriją. Vaikinai atlikdami tą pačią sudėtingą uţduotį atliko nuosekliai maţėjant laiko intervalui. 3. Merginos pirmosios serijos metu išmokusios atlikti sudėtingą uţduotį likusias keturias serijas atliko panašiu laiku daugiau netobulėdamos. Vaikinai atlikdami tą pačią sudėtingą uţduotį atliko ją maţindami vidutinį reakcijos laiką ir didindami vidutinį reakcijos greitį. Uždaviniai: 1. Nustatyti ir įvertinti registruotų judesių rodiklių skirtumus tarp merginų ir vaikinų. 2. Įvertinti greito mokymosi poveikį merginoms ir vaikinams. 3. Ištirti ir palyginti merginų ir vaikinų greito mokymosi dinamiką. Tyrimo hipotezė – vaikinų greitų ir tikslių judesių mokymasis tobulės sparčiau nei merginų. Rezultatai. Nustatytas statistiškai reikšmingas skirtumas (p < 0,05, 1 obs ) tarp vaikinų ir merginų reakcijos laiko atliekant paprastą uţduotį Atliekant sudėtingą uţduotį, vaikinų ir merginų laiko iki taikinio rodiklių vidurkiai iš 5 serijų skyrėsi statistiškai nereikšmingai tik pirmojoje serijoje. Merginos greitai išmoko sudėtingą uţduotį ir ją atliko greičiau nei vaikinai. Vaikinų mokymasis vyko palaipsniui, su kiekviena serija vis gerėjant... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This Master thesis involves the analysis of psychomotor reactionsfor deaf people and people with hearing impairment using the analyzer of dynamic parameters of human hand and leg movements (DPA-1). The analyzer is intended for measuring dynamic parameters of qualitative hand or leg independent or coordinated movements when reacting to the target in the monitor. The target can be programmed by different geometric, chromatic and time parameters. DPA-1 analyzer enables analyzing psychomotor reaction, dynamic and kinematic peculiarities of movements. Research object – learning speed and accuracy movements. Research aim – to estimate and compare the peculiarities of men and women’sspeed and accuracy movement learning. Research objectives: 1. To estimate and evaluate the differences of registered results in movements between men and women. 2. To evaluate the influence of fast learning for men and women. 3. To analyze and compare the dynamics of fast learning between men and women. Research hypothesis: Learning speed and accuracy movements will improve more for men than for women. Results.The difference between men and women performing a complicated task is statistically significant (p < 0.05, 1 obs ). The difference in average indicesbetween men and women’s time to target in 5 exercise sessions performing the complicated task was statistically insignificant only in the first session. Women learned how to perform the complicated task faster and showed better speed results than men... [to full text]

This thesis deals with the diagnostics and development level of partial functions of preschool children, due to the necessity of the skills for acquiring basic school skills, ie. reading, writing and counting. Children with hearing disabilities are a specific group in this area due to the possible difficulties in obtaining information from the majority auditory society, and thus acquiring the necessary knowledge. One of the goals of the thesis presented here is to find out what diagnostic materials are suitable and evaluating for children with hearing disabilities in preschool age. Whether tests are primarily focused for this group of children or tests designed for hearing children can be used effectively. The second goal of this thesis is to determine if and to what extent there will be an improvement in test results in case of controlled activities took place with children in comparison with the period when similar activities were not carried out with them. A six-month research was conducted with selected children with hearing disabilities, during which they were repeatedly tested using two different diagnostic materials. In the second part of the research, intentional activities took place with selected children, which was contributing to the development of their partial functions. From the...

This diploma thesis deals, in a broader sense, with classroom interaction betwen students and history teachers at secondary schools for hearing impaired in the Czech Republic. In a narrower sense, it examines a pattern of teacher's language behaviour and his/her motivation when choosing relevant language means during his/her history classes. The work consists of two parts - theoretical specialized background, and practical research. The theoretical part gives an overview of the relevant specialized terminology used in the Czech Republic and abroad, as well as a short insight into the development of classroom interaction between a student and a teacher at special schools and pays attention to the developmental linguo-didactic aspects in the Czech schools for hearing impaired. The practical part uses qualitative research as a means of a research method. I have observed and filmed history classes at three secondary schools for hearing impaired. As my research interests laid within the above mentioned research technique, I did not assess teaching methodology of the teachers. I focused mainly on the form of teacher's communication. Apart from class observation and filming, I also carried out an after-class interview with each teacher about his/her motivation for the choice of language behaviour. Special...