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Title: Oregon Deaf


1
Oregon Deaf Hard of Hearing Services
A Program
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2
Things to Know When Working With Deaf HH
Patients
  • Major causes of deafness
  • Terminology
  • Myths about hearing loss
  • Medical model vs. social-cultural model
  • Clues that a person may have a hearing loss
  • Communication tips and modes

3
Things to Know When Working With Deaf HH
Patients
  • American Sign Language and its components
  • Characteristics of Deaf people
  • Overcoming linguistic barriers
  • How to use an interpreter
  • How to obtain interpreters at OSH

4
MAJOR CAUSES OF DEAFNESS
  • Heredity (About ½)
  • Rh Factor
  • Illness Scarlet Fever, Rubella, Spinal
    Meningitis, Mumps
  • AccidentsMajor Head Trauma
  • Menieres Disease
  • Aging
  • Noise

5
Terminology
  • Use the term preferred by the person when
    referring to their hearing loss.
  • Most Deaf or hard of hearing people prefer Deaf
    or hard of hearing (usually depending on amount
    of residual hearing)
  • Hearing Impaired is seen by most Deaf and hard
    of hearing people as pejorative
  • Big D (Deaf) Culturally Deaf people (more on
    this later)
  • Hard of hearing In this presentation, refers to
    people who have some useful residual, but who
    sign most or all of the time
  • DHH Blanket term for Deaf and hard of hearing

6
MYTHS about hearing loss
  • Everyone can lip-read
  • Lip-reading gives 100 understanding
  • KEY Context

7
MYTHS about hearing loss
  • Hearing aids are the solution
  • Everyone knows sign language
  • Everyone knows English

8
Medical Model Vs. Social-Cultural Model of
Deafness
  • Medical model perceives deafness as a pathology
    to be fixed
  • Social-Cultural model sees deafness as a
    difference to be accepted, much like skin or hair
    color
  • Recognizes that American Sign Language (ASL) is a
    true language with its own distinct grammar,
    syntax, and idioms
  • Recognizes that Deaf culture is a true culture
    with its own language, history, traditions, and
    social norms of behavior

9
Clues That A Person May Have A Hearing Loss
  • Keep asking you to repeat
  • Wears hearing aid
  • Uses assistive devices
  • Straining to hear puzzled look
  • Focus on lips instead of eyes
  • Do not respond when they can not see your face
  • Nod and smile when they really dont understand

10
Clues That A Person May Have A Hearing Loss
  • Misunderstands names numbers (on phone)
  • Responds inappropriately
  • Speaks too loud or too soft
  • Interrupts when someone is talking
  • Participates less in group settings
  • Cannot hear in a noisy room

11
Communication Tips
  • Have pad pencil available
  • Gestures facial expressions important
  • Refrain from putting things in your mouth or in
    front of your mouth
  • Do not shout or raise voice
  • Whenever possible always face the person with
    whom you are speaking
  • Clarify by rephrasing questions or statements
  • Select a quiet environment when possible

12
Communication Modes
  • Oral, Lip-Read
  • Total Communication
  • Gesture Body Language
  • Writing

13
American Sign Language (ASL)
  • ASL is primary languagestructure, syntax,
    grammar are different from English.
  • ASL is spatial cannot be written
  • ASL is visual and Deaf think and see in pictures.
    Highly attuned to visual details due to hearing
    loss
  • 3rd to 5th grade average reading level for Deaf
    people.

14
Components of ASL
  • Grammatical structures are indicated by facial
    expressions
  • Deaf people are more expressive than hearing
    people.
  • Expressions dont necessarily reflect here and
    now but rather, the affect at that particular
    time of the experience being described.
  • Vocal sounds that do not resemble English words
    are common. grunts, groans, whines --stems
    from inability to hear and monitor their own
    voices.

15
Characteristics of Deaf people
  • Inattentive to sounds and noises they make. i.e.
    loud steps, loud voices, smacking lips, gaseous
    emissions.
  • Deaf people communicate with an increased
    intensity when angry, upset, or in an emergency
    situation. Visual gestures are more dramatic or
    exaggerated.
  • Watching interpreters takes up more energy than
    does listening. Hearing is a passive sense,
    vision is an active sense (cant control what you
    hear but can control what you see).

16
Deaf Culture
  • Hearing loss necessitates a different way of
    behaving
  • Must have light
  • Deaf people love to chat, will often stay beyond
    closing
  • Cannot use drive-thru intercom, will drive
    directly to window
  • Deaf Standard Time (DST)procrastination

17
HELLO JOE HERE LATE GO
Hello, This is Joe. I will be late
I NEED SICK SHOT
I need a vaccine shot
MY FACE PURPLE SPOT MANY
My face has broken out in purple rash
I NEED OVER LICENSE DRIVE?
Do I need to renew my driving license?
18
Overcoming Linguistic Barriers
  • It is the patients decision about what is
    effective communication.
  • An oral deaf person needs an oral interpreter or
    CART, just like a signing Deaf person needs an
    ASL interpreter
  • Offer an interpreter or Computer-Assisted Real
    Time Captioning (CART) services to every Deaf
    patient, every time.
  • Lower functioning Deaf patients may require a
    Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) in addition to
    the standard interpreter
  • CDIs are Deaf people with strong ASL skills as
    well as skills and training in using alternate
    communication modes such as drawing and
    gesturing whatever is needed to meet the
    clients communication needs

19
Overcoming Linguistic Barriers
  • English fluency should NEVER be used to gauge a
    Deaf patients cognitive level
  • Reinforce verbal instructions with written and/or
    visual instructions
  • Any written instructions must be written to the
    patients level of understanding
  • See attached examples of visual instructions used
    for titration of medication dose
  • Test for comprehension of verbal instructions
  • Deaf people are the masters of the smile and
    nod and just because someone says they
    understand, doesnt necessarily mean they do.

20
How to use an interpreter
  • Speak directly to the deaf person speaking
    through the interpreter, not to the interpreter.
  • Remember that hearing loss does not effect
    intelligence.
  • Speak at a normal rate of speed and use a natural
    tone of voice.
  • The interpreter should be seated next to and
    slightly behind the speaker.
  • In a meeting one person speaks at a time.
  • As a final courtesy, thank the interpreter

21
Sign Language Interpreter
  • Since ASL (American Sign Language) is a
    completely different language from English it
    cannot be translated "word for word",

22
Interpreter vs. Signer
  • A certified Professional
  • Bound by a Code of Ethics Confidentiality
  • Trained to facilitate communication
  • Stays within role
  • Skilled in interpreting
  • Knowledgeable in ASL Deaf Culture
  • Family member or friend
  • Bound by trust as in friendship/family
  • May not have training
  • May interact inappropriately
  • May not be able to interpret accurately
  • May not understand ASL Deaf Culture

23
How to request an Interpreter
  • Jeff Brownson, Communications Coordinator
  •  Oregon Deaf Hard of Hearing Services
  • 676 Church Street NE
  • Salem, OR 97301
  • 503-343-7605 voice/tty
  •  Jeff.Brownson_at_state.or.us
  • http//oregon.gov/dhs/odhhs/ecs_home.shtml
  • (interpreter request form)

24
ODHHS
  • Oregon Deaf Hard of Hearing Services
  • 676 Church Street NE
  • Salem, Oregon 97301
  • (503) 373-7609 voice or TTY
  • (800) 358-3117 voice or TTY
  • Bentley.fink_at_state.or.us
  • www.oregon.gov/DHS/ODHHS
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