...Communication 389 CSULA Summer 2014 ICC Artifact Two 7/27/14 ICC Artifact assignment: The Cochlear Implant Controversy According to our text in Chapter 7 Nonverbal code and cultural space there are certain aspects of the culture and its relationship to nonverbal activity. Personal–contextual and the static–dynamic dia- lectics. Although nonverbal communication can be highly dynamic, personal space, gestures, and facial expressions are fairly static patterns of specific non- verbal communication codes. Their interpretation will vary depending upon its context and culture that it is being communicated to. The chapter talks about how different the dynamics of intercultural nonverbal communication are across different cultural groups. In this ICC artifact assignment we will examine and look at the topic of The Cochlear implant controversy. The controversy involves the scientific hearing assistance breakthrough device for the deaf community, and whether or not its use and development will be the ultimate removal of and extinction of the deaf community as a culture. The following essay will examine the relevance and truth to this argument and examine the negative and positive manifestations to the Deaf culture from the development and use of the Cochlear Implant itself. The Chapter talks about several research findings about nonverbal communication. Research investigating the universality of nonverbal communication has focused on four areas: (1) the relationship...
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...Amber Kiker Kiker 1 Professor McCarthy English 102 August 12, 2015 Deaf Employment in the Professional Sector Profound hearing loss affects millions of people in the United States today. According to the Gualledette Research Institute there are currently over a million people between the ages of 6 and 65 who are Deaf (Harrington 1). While several state and federally funded programs have been implemented to support early and post-secondary education for the Deaf, evidence points to a significant lack of job placement assistance for Deaf young adults transitioning from college to independent living. Deaf graduates often return home to live with family due to an inability to obtain employment reflective of their academic achievements. Currently in America the most common type of employment held by Deaf individuals is limited primarily to the service and manufacturing industries. The objective of this research is to investigate the professional sector of employment in the United States to uncover the driving mechanisms behind the non-presence of the Deaf Community, specifically those with post-secondary education, and to examine what steps are being taken to resolve this apparent disparity. In the hearing world, graduating from college is the beginning of an exciting chapter of a young adult’s life as it represents the transition from higher education into the world of professional employment. It is the time one gets to put into practice the skills they have...
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...Introduction When a child is diagnosed as deaf, parents are faced with a critical decision to make in the first few years of their child’s life. Deafness as defined by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), means “ a hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects a child's educational performance” (34 Code of Federal Regulations [section]300.8[c][3] [2013]). Parents can choose to either communicate with the child in English, the major language of society, or teach the child manual language such as ASL and become a part of the Deaf culture. This decision is especially hard for parents to make who were never exposed to the non-hearing world before, and see deafness as a medical problem that needs to be fixed. This can become critical for the child’s future years and development as a person in the society since the child will always be viewed and judged as different. It is mandated that each child with a disability will be viewed individually to make the best decision in how to treat and help the child. The oral approach, audism, is a method in which children learn to use whatever residual hearing they have, in combination with lip-reading and contextual cues. The children will also thus use an auditory approach, in which they receive amplification devices to correct their hearing and to make use of the residual hearing they have as much...
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...hearing loss, and one out of every four hundered is profoundly deaf. Yet many hard-of-hearing which is a term used to describe mild to moderate hearing loss and deaf people in this country do not consider themselves handicapped. They do not believe their hearing loss makes them less- just different, and they look upon the deaf community as a sperate culture; as rich and diverse as that of the hearing world." (Turkingston, Sussman 4). The deaf community has had a continuing struggle with trying to maintain its integrity after all the years of misunderstanding and struggles with segregation. Althought, there have been many educators, linguistics and experts in the field of deafness, and hard of hrearing individuals have come a long way in order to ensure that the anomosity becomes cooperation, there is still many areas of controvery that have been left unsettled. We can continue to discuss with such struggles, but there would be a lot to cover and the misunderstandings could remain the status quo.Instead in this paper I will be focusing on the communication of the deaf with real life settings of the workplace, including communication with employers and hearing persons. What exactly is it considered to be deaf?. Most of the deaf community do not accept the term " Hearing impaired" in some cases it can be even seen and taken as offensive. The terms " people who are deaf" "people who are deaf and hard of hearing" " deaf and hard of hearing people" " people with hearing loss" are terms...
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...communicate with one another, whether some of these people are normal or some are especiallyabled ones. Also, through these mobile phones, conflicts or misunderstandings can be solved; sometimes a fight can also ignite through it if it was not used for good. But of course, we need to use the technology wherein we can benefit from it, and also we need to think of other people’s sake. As the saying goes, you are truly living and loving if you know how to devote yourselves sometimes for the need of others. We believe that by means of incorporating this technology in the world of education could help people in many different ways. One of the help that the proponents can be granted for these especially abled people is by pursuing this study that would allow more deaf and dumb people to understand one another, to have more...
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...Chomsky) contradicts this line of thought. This theory argues that there is a ‘poverty of stimulus’ in earliest environmental existence and that the child is born with an innate biological language faculty which steers and forms language acquisition, and that humans are equipped with a language acquisition device (LAD). Singleton (1989). The “argument here is age related having to do with the early emergence of language in the young child”. Singleton (1989:188). While each writer has his particular view on language acquisition, there is perhaps not enough evidence in either to fully support either theory on a stand-alone basis (course work 30.09.09). Both vocal and sign language acquisition go through different stages, during which communication are developed. This can be relayed in the form of body, spoken or signed language and is acquired gradually. It is crucial for a baby...
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...Introduction Comparison Pros and Cons Case Study Conclusion Online conferencing replace traditional communication method Introduction Traditional communication method, history. Online conferencing today Roles in different stage to society, organization, personal and business. Comparison Traditional communication method Online Conferencing product, function, application. Changing to society and organization Online conferencing replace traditional communication method Pro and Cons Analysis pros and cons between traditional communication method and new online conferencing New technology to market Benefits Advantage & disadvantage Case Study Skype Go-to-meeting Conclusion Life behavior changing by new technology New technology and service expecting to market! Introduction Traditional communication method Face to face Tele-audio Simplest way - Telephone, 2 parties only Conference call – One way + multiple parties Three-way calling Tele-video Mobile links to satellites using specially equipped trucks Online conference What is online conference? Online means “Connected to a computer and internet, we called this as “Web Conference” History 1980 Online chat service by CompuServe Early 1980s Electronic Meeting System as university and research projects Late 1980s Ancestor of modern Electronic Meeting System “Group System” at 1989. 1992 Popular online video-conferencing tool CU-SeeMe first...
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...Northeastern University POLITICAL CORRECTNESS And How It Affects People’s Attitude By Maria Sheehan English 1004 July 2013 Political correctness affects the language people use in a society. However, sometimes it fails to change the attitudes behind the language. The term “Political correctness” is very common and widely used among people. The term has undergone many changes throughout its existence. Initially this term signified the language people used to minimize possible offence on the basis of gender, race, or ethnicity. The definition of PC by “The Collins Cobuild English dictionary for advanced learners” reflects true and original meaning of the term. “If you say that someone is politically correct, you mean that they are extremely careful not to offend or upset any group of people in society, for example with their attitudes towards sex, race, or disability.” It also implies the intention and efforts to change discriminatory attitudes. However, It could be argued that politically correct language do not translate to politically correct attitudes. Van Boven, Dutch jurist and professor emeritus, argues that when people perceive the language they speak as having high standards of political correctness, they become more politically correct themselves (Van Boven, 2000). This statement can be supported by the PC ideologies, which were intended to enforce and change people’s views on gender, race and other minorities. One of...
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...Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care A Roadmap for Hospitals Quality Safety Equity A Roadmap for Hospitals Project Staff Amy Wilson-Stronks, M.P.P., Project Director, Health Disparities, Division of Quality Measurement and Research, The Joint Commission. Paul Schyve, M.D., Senior Vice President, The Joint Commission Christina L. Cordero, Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Project Director, Division of Standards and Survey Methods, The Joint Commission Isa Rodriguez, Project Coordinator, Division of Quality Measurement and Research, The Joint Commission Mara Youdelman, J.D., L.L.M., Senior Attorney, National Health Law Program Project Advisors Maureen Carr, M.B.A., Project Director, Division of Standards and Survey Methods, The Joint Commission Amy Panagopoulos, R.N., M.B.A., Director, Division of Standards and Survey Methods, The Joint Commission Robert Wise, M.D., Vice President, Division of Standards and Survey Methods, The Joint Commission Joint Commission Mission The mission of The Joint Commission is to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. The inclusion of an organization name, product, or service in a Joint Commission publication should not be construed as an endorsement of such organization, product, or services, nor is failure...
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...Press Release of a diverse culture. The criminal justice system in today’s world is affected by language barriers in communication in their ability to enforce the law properly, by the increasing amounts of people migrating into the United States legal and illegally. The United States government and law enforcement are constantly doing studies and mapping trends of people crossing our borders to migrate to the United States to be able to make a better life for themselves and their families, by the alarming rates of people applying for green cards and citizenships. A Green Card or permanent resident card serves as proof of a person's lawful permanent resident status in the United States. That allows the person with the Green Card to have right to live and work permanently in the United States or even become a American citizen. A person’s valid green card also means that he or she by law is registered in the U.S. in accordance with all United States immigration laws. People who obtain a green card before 1989, the green card use to remain valid permanently. Since 1989 the immigration laws have changed that everyone must renew their green cards every 10 years. The law is also enforced in the same way for people who received their green cards in 1989 or before 1989. The previous versions of green cards are no longer valid everyone is required to renew their green cards every 10 years. (Rachel F., 2011) This is a primary example...
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...immigrants assimilate into the mainstream culture, but a country of many cultures has led to a growing appreciation of different ethno-cultural groups” (EuroMed Info, n.d.). The Heritage Tool and it’s five competencies is designed to provide a framework for nurses to gain insight of the cultural practices of patients in order to provide culturally competent care that will result in better health outcomes (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2008). The Hispanic-American Assessment “Latinos comprise nearly 16 percent of the U.S. population, and this proportion is anticipated to increase to 30 percent by 2050” (Juckett, 2013). He continues to say, barriers to care have resulted in striking disparities in quality of health care for these patients. These barriers include language, lack of insurance, different cultural beliefs, and in some cases, illegal immigration status, mistrust, and illiteracy. The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services address these concerns with recommendations for culturally competent care, language services, and organizational support. Latinos have disproportionately higher rates of obesity and diabetes mellitus (Juckett, 2013). Heritage Assessment When interviewing E.G., several of her responses were supportive of Hispanic culture. She stated the questions were difficult...
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...There are varies types of communication but all come under one of two categories. One being Verbal Commination and the other being Non-Verbal Communication. Verbal Communication is when one person communicates with another by using speech and Non-Verbal Communication is when one person communicates with another by using body language. People communicate with one another for many different reasons and for most this is an essential part of their daily lives. I have listed below a number of reasons of why I think people choose to communicate: * To express feelings * To teach * To learn * To connect * To share views and opinions * To take control * To compliment Q2) Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of working in adult social care settings? Effective communication is an extremely important part of working within adult social care. This is because we do not only have to communicate with one another as professionals but we also have to communicate with the people that we are here to support. * Clear & Concise - by having effective communication we are able to be clear and concise on what the needs of the individual are and how these needs can be met. * Mistakes - effective communicate also promotes the chances of less mistakes from happening by avoiding any inappropriate or unclear information being given or by something that has simply been misunderstood. * Team Work - effective communication is also a very important...
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...Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM Background of the Study Language is the most important aspect in the life of all beings. We use language to express inner thoughts and emotions, make sense of complex and abstract thought, to learn to communicate with others, to fulfill our wants and needs, as well as to establish rules and maintain our culture. Language can be defined as verbal, physical, biologically innate, and a basic form of communication. Behaviorists’ often define language as a learned behavior involving a stimulus and a response (Ormrod, 2000). Often times they will refer to language as verbal behavior, which is language that includes gestures and body movements as well as spoken word. (Pierce, & Eplin, 2000). When we define language we have to be careful not to exclude symbols, gestures, or motions. This is because if 1 we exclude these from our definition, we will be denying the language of the deaf community. All human languages share basic characteristics, some of which are organizational rules and infinite generativity. Infinite Generativity is the ability to produce an infinite number of sentences using a limited set of rules and words. (Santrock, & Mitterer, 2001). Verbalis"dealing with words" (especially in contrast to things orrealities), from L. verbal is "consisting of words, relating to verbs,"from verbum "word".Verbal conditioning is recorded from1954. Colloquial verbal diarrhea is recorded from 1823...
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...overcoming adversity and forming a positive sense of identity throughout their lives. These challenges are overcome using literature and the consistent, dedicated help of loved ones. An adaptation is something that is scientifically defined as a physical or behavioral characteristic that has developed to allow an organism to better survive in its environment. In the autobiography of Helen Keller, Helen works to adapt to her disability of deaf-blindness. Deaf-blindness is a unique and separate disability from deafness or blindness. An individual with the combined losses of hearing and vision require specialized services including adapted communication methods. As a child with deaf-blindness, Helen has unique educational needs. “Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Chinese puzzle together. We have a pattern in mind which we wish to work out in words; but the words will not fit the spaces, or, if they do, they will not match the design.” (Keller, 126) In this quote, Helen is expressing the challenge she faces when it comes to communication. Everyone around her is able to put the puzzle together, figure out the pattern, fit the spaces and match the design without even thinking twice about it, while Helen’s development is delayed. By age 7, Helen develops nearly sixty hand gestures to communicate with her parents and ask for things. However, she is often frustrated by her inability to express herself. With the help of her teacher, Anne Sullivan, Helen learns the manual alphabet...
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...Personal and Professional Healthcare Communication Paper Health Care Communication Health care communication may be defined as a process that facilitates interdependence among members of a health care unit or group. It occurs either verbally or non verbally and is a process that enhances the sharing of ideas. Health care communication is essential in coordinating activities with in a health care unit if it encompasses health care administration and staff members. Health care communication is the degree to which individual have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. The health care communication is also considered as the health care literacy, which appears in different variety of ways. The health care communication can be in conversations with healthcare professionals, on prescription and over-the-counter medication bottles, health education or promotional materials, insurance or Medical applications and other forms of health information. Health communications examines the relationship of communication to desired patient care outcomes. The importance of communication providers and selected outcomes like the adherence to treatment, healthcare utilization, trust, and satisfaction with healthcare providers, and improvements in health statues are part of communication practice. The training of communication providers adheres to the professional values. The stated values are the foundation...
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