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Peer reviewedLeder, Steven; And Others – Volta Review, 1988
A survey of adventitiously deafened adults (N=25) found that 16 subjects used assistive devices including telecaptioners, telecommunication/telephone devices for the deaf, and alerting devices, and that nine subjects used no assistive devices. Subjects using devices reported improved independence, ability to communicate, and quality of life.…
Descriptors: Adults, Adventitious Impairments, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled)
Peer reviewedGlass, Laurel E.; Elliott, Holly – Volta Review, 1993
Data from 1,309 persons who were working and became hard of hearing or deafened between the ages of 18 and 65 are analyzed to determine work outcomes in terms of occupation, perception of work achievement, earning power, support of supervisors and colleagues, and work adaptations. Data show that work success is possible and usual after…
Descriptors: Adults, Adventitious Impairments, Deafness, Employer Employee Relationship
Peer reviewedHedgecock, Dorothy – Volta Review, 1974
Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Emotional Adjustment, Exceptional Child Education, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedTyler, Richard S.; And Others – Volta Review, 1988
This paper, discussing use of electrical stimulation by postlingually deafened adults to supplement speechreading, focuses on: information conveyed by vision, acoustic information needed to resolve visual confusions, basic psychophysical abilities of cochlear implant patients, auditory-alone and audiovisual perception by cochlear-implant patients,…
Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Audiovisual Instruction, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli
