...Republic of the Philippines PHILIPPINE STATE COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES Piccio Garden, Villamor Air Base, Pasay City Challenges of Airport Employees in Communicating to Mute and Deaf Passengers A Study on the Challenges of Airport Employees in Communicating Mute and Deaf Passengers Submitted By: Dela Vega, Joaquin Jr. M AB- 3-1 Submitted to: Professor Ivan Mascardo August 28, 2015 Chapter 1 1.1 Introduction In 1951, ICAO announced that English will be the compulsory language used for the international aviation. (Varavudhi, 2009). Such requirements would improve communication, coordination, and performance of the required safety and related duties of airport employees. “Communication is the exchange and flow of information and thoughts from one person to another; it involves a sender transmitting a thought, information, or feeling to a receiver. Communication includes writing and talking, as well as nonverbal communication (such as facial expressions, body language, or gestures), visual communication (the use of images or pictures, such as painting, photography, video or film) and electronic communication (telephone calls, electronic mail, - cable television, or satellite broadcasts).(Mallett-Hamer, 2005, p.1). A successful communication demand same basic ability of sender and receiver. Here ideas are delivered, which received and an immediate feedback generated” (kabir...
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...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 as possible. Audism is a mainstream-type approach where the children will go to regular public schools and make...
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...school have used various methods to overcome hearing impairment, such as in planners they have put the BSL alphabet so the people can be aware of the language and understand why hearing impaired people use all the hand gestures, also its so the children can learn the BSL alphabet in their own accord. In the school there is also a hearing impairment unit for people with a hearing impairment to go to get extra support and be able to socialise with each other, other students can also volunteer to help out to understand it more. Students who have a hearing impairment are put into some lessons with other children who don’t have a hearing impairment, they have a teacher who can sign with them for extra support. This gives them a chance to socialise with other students and this knocks the barrier down and helps students understand hearing impairment more. The school haven’t dealt with sight impairments very well at all, as only this year ramps have been put in place, to help with wheel chair access as well. Also there is no unit for students to go to for support, which can cause students to then feel isolated. Also there is nothing around the school to let other students know how to deal with situations and that will cause a communication failure. The culture barrier in Llantarnam School is addressed quite well by making R.S a compulsory subject in the current years which has helped the culture barrier. As it is being taught to all students they are learning and understanding different...
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...Anthology Teaching students with special needs Fabian Francis 081123090 Mr. A. Solomon Mico University College April 23, 2012 Introduction This anthology seeks to give readers an understanding of various disease and sickness students in a physical education class may suffer from. Time to time it has been a problem for students suffering from the disease, teachers and normal students in the class to react positively in a physical education class. As the motto of the Ministry of Education states that “Every child can learn, every child must learn,” it is the duty of the school and the teachers to make sure students with special ability enjoy the physical education class like the manner of some has. This anthology gives a brief descriptions of the different disease along with a few games that teachers can use in the class to accommodate both students with special needs and the normal students. At the end of this anthology are pictures that will give you an idea of the type of diseases suffered by some students. Definition of Terms Obesity An obese person has accumulated so much body fat that it might have a negative effect on their health. If a person's bodyweight is at least 20% higher than it should be, he or she is considered obese. If your Body Mass Index (BMI) is between 25 and 29.9 you are considered overweight. If your BMI is 30 or over you are considered obese. Autism Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication...
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...Nika Pickwoad Ms. Ruiz Deaf Culture November 18, 2013 Deaf culture #1) Sign language has been around for as long as its existence of deafness. Deafness, in the early centuries of American life caused many problems for those that were deaf. Doctors did not understand the root causes of deafness and books were rare at the time. Until the most recent years, doctors finally understand why deafness occurs and the deaf communities in the world today are being respected and admired, with the aid of American Sign Language. “ASL has many roots not only is it rooted in the French ideas, but also the ideas of the Great Plains Indians in America” (Butterworth & Flodin, 1995).The man responsible for bringing sign language to light in the United States is Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. Gallaudet studied the French ways and returned to America in 1817 where he founded the first school for the deaf in America, near present day Hartford, Connecticut. The college was appropriately named Gallaudet College, after Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. ASL is starting to be referred to as a foreign language. The reason for this growing idea stems from colleges and universities recognizing ASL as a success for foreign language credits in many college degree programs. “Gary Olsen former Executive Director of the National Association of the Deaf, referred to this notion of ASL as a foreign language as an American ground swell” (Butterworth & Flodin...
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...How hearing loss affects development of the mind James Garrett Excelsior College PSY235 Dr. Victoria Ferrara June 21, 2015 Abstract Hearing loss can have a tremendous effect on the cognitive development of human beings. Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory can be connected to this issue. Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory can also be tied into the effects of hearing loss on development and the theory of mind is another theory that can help explain the why. Language development is one of the main reasons for a child’s mental growth and is also one of the main areas effected by a hearing deficit. There are many ways to combat the ill-effects of hearing loss including new technologies in hearing aids along with proactive parents, teachers, and healthcare professionals. How hearing loss affects development of the mind Pediatric hearing loss is not a low-incident disability with the educationally significant hearing loss being approximately 12 in 1000 children (Matkin & Wilcox, 1999). Anderson (2015) tells us that usually during the 24th week of pregnancy, an unborn baby begins to hear. Hearing is a vital means of interacting with the family and the world throughout life. A baby starts to distinguish sounds like human speech in the first months after birth. The foundations of language, both hearing and speaking, develop by age two. The development of language from the youngest age is directly tied to cognitive development, primarily affecting reading, learning...
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...user’s anxiety and try to make them feel more calm and relaxed. Many waiting rooms have done this by providing magazines and having low level background music to try and distract the service user and ease their fears. Noise Noise can be either internal noise or external noise. Internal noise represents the internal-self talking to itself. Whereas, the external noise can include, the conversations of other people, traffic noise or anything that interferes with our ability to maintain focus. Noise in a health and social care setting is constantly a barrier. For example, while sitting in a dentist’s waiting room, there would be people having their own conversations, a radio playing and the receptionist on the phone. So a service user, with a hearing difficulty could find it extremely hard to hear and concentrate because all the background noise would be extremely off putting for an elderly service user. Seating Seating arrangements can affect communication in many different ways. For example, if two extremely shy people are sat together communication could be negatively impacted, however, if a mix of shy and outgoing individuals are placed together then it may prompt the shy individuals to speak up a little bit more. Seating has a huge part in the role of effective communication, seating can either, make communication flourish and work extremely well, or cause it to break down and not work. For...
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... visual, or hearing impairments; speech impairments; chronic illnesses such as AIDS, diabetes, and lupus; seizure disorders; head injuries; painful conditions such as back injuries and carpal tunnel syndrome; psychological disabilities such as bipolar disorder and severe anxiety or depression; attention deficit disorder; and learning disabilities. Whether they are disabled or not, every child has the right to be educated and it is the duty of the society to make sure that every student has access to equal educational opportunities, and the duty of teachers to ensure that every student participate actively and freely in class. More important it is the teachers’ duty to meet the needs of disabled learners in their classrooms. Even if studying the needs of all the students who suffer from the disabilities listed above would have been great, in this learning reflection the focus will only be on the blind, deaf and epileptic disabled students and how their needs should be met in high education Brief definition of epilepsy, deafness and blindness disabilities Epilepsy: Gretchen Timmel (2006) defined it as a neurological condition, which affects the nervous system. Epilepsy is also known as a seizure disorder. It is usually diagnosed after a person has had at least two seizures that were not caused by some known medical condition like alcohol withdrawal, extremely low blood sugar, heart problems or some other medical condition. Deafness: is the inability of hearing sounds either...
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...For an hour I experienced what it would be like to be hearing impaired. In order to get a true experience of what it would be like to be hearing impaired, I put two orange ear plugs in both of my ears. These ear plugs are the type that people would where when going to the car race or when flying in a plan. The ear plugs did not work to simulate told deafness but did diminish my ability to hear quite a bit. I spent most of the hour that I simulated having a hearing impairment at Chili’s. I placed the ear plugs into my ear at the restaurant while my family and I were waiting for our food. After we finished eating at Chili’s, we went through the drive threw of McDonalds for chocolate ice cream and then drove home. When we got home my hour was...
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...lives in Pasadena with her paternal aunt and her aunt’s husband, who are Anna’s legal guardians. Also living with them are Anna’s five year old brother, their seven year old female cousin, and Anna’s paternal grandparents. Nature of Referral Anna was brought to counseling by her aunt, who was recommended to bring Anna to therapy by her pediatrician. Anna and her brother were removed from their biological parents’ home in 2004 due to severe neglect. Anna’s aunt also suspects that Anna was a victim of physical abuse by her biological parents. Since being removed from her biological parents’ home, Anna has expressed confusion about her living situation. Her main presenting issue, however, is her low self-esteem, which is focused mostly on her hearing aids and weight. Relevant History Psychiatric. This is Anna’s first time in therapy and she has no prior psychiatric history or substance abuse. Family. Anna has a family history significant for depression, anxiety, ADHD, alcoholism, substance abuse, domestic violence, and suicide. Anna’s biological mother has an 11 year old son from a previous marriage who lived with Anna until she was removed from the home. Anna’s biological parents also have another daughter living with them who is one year old. When Anna lived with her biological parents, she was exposed to domestic violence and drug use. She also witnessed her mother attempt suicide by slitting her wrists. On at least one occasion Anna’s parents were homeless with the children. Anna...
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...profoundly deaf as you get older. Your hearing is in the spot where the hearing aids aren’t benefiting you anymore.” The audiologist said. The voice I remember hearing was heartless. “Would you rather be deaf and mute and signing the whole time? Not being aware of your surrounding? Or would you rather be able to hear and talk in the normal world?” The audiologist says it with no emotions. I thought my world died when Cincinnati Children’s audiologist told my Father and me. My diagnosis at the age of two revealed a profound and unexplainable hearing loss; however, I continued to function normally as I still do today. My hearing loss is severe to profound, so I was fitted with my first hearing aids. When I heard my first sound, I was amazed at the difference between my silence world and my new hearing world. I see that people take so much for granted because hearing is so natural, but I understand the challenge of matching words to sounds to communication which wasn’t fun at all. I was “muted” for a really long time. My mother would tell me that people would get in my face talking loudly, and I would get upset. I was just starting to talk at the age of 5. English is not my first language; American Sign Language is. I attended St. Rita’s School for The Deaf for about three years and is where I became fluent in ASL. As a Kindergartener, I went to a mainstream school, Clifton Elementary. I couldn’t understand the fact that all my friends who were hearing impaired like me had to stay in...
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...The Effects Of Unilateral Hearing Loss In Children: A Comparison Between Normal Hearing Children And Children With A Unilateral Loss The development of a child’s education and language skills is heavily reliant on on their ability to hear and process the material provided. A child with a unilateral or mild hearing loss will not have full access to the presented information putting them at a disadvantage compared to their typically hearing peers. José, Mondelli, Feniman and Lopes-Herrera (2014) indicate “without early identification and intervention, about one third of the children with mild bilateral or UHL [unilateral hearing loss] will present difficulties in different areas of communication” (p.199). Unilateral hearing loss is not often...
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...Audism Unveiled Movie Worksheet/Discussion Answer Key 1. The movie begins with “Attention: The following movie is subtitled for the signing-impaired.” This is an example of Deaf humor but also what underlying message do you think they are making known by doing so? Answer: Hearing Impaired is disliked by most Deaf because it defines deaf solely in terms of broken or defective ears that need fixing, or to be aided or corrected. Hearing force expensive devices to make Deaf more “normal.” Labeling them “impaired” makes them seem less capable, less human. Emphasis should be on the person not on the impairment; on what Deaf are, not what they lack. 2. What were the 3 reasons that the first woman did not get hired for a job in Texas? a. She was Black. b. She was a Woman. c. She was Deaf. 3. When in group conversations or watching movies without captions what response do Deaf hate the most from hearing people? a. It is not important b. Tell you later 4. What is one punishment for signing in school? Kneel on a broomstick with arms spread out 5. What are examples of discrimination throughout the world shown in the movie? a. Parents cut out Deaf kid’s tongue b. People refused to help deaf woman give birth for fear of touching her would make them cursed. 6. When does oppression occur? When people believed as a superior, control and dominate minority groups 7. Different names for oppression are: a. Racism b....
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...law and changed it to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act which was mainly referred to as IDEA. Special educators are very important because they teach students have disabilities, such as language, sensory, learning, physical, and/or emotional abilities that cause them to be deviated from those of the general population. The responsibility of special educators is to give instruction that is specifically targeted to meet the individualized needs, making education available to those who have a limited access to education. Since education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments, special education should not fall short of the importance of education. Students with disabilities has been present in every era and society although special education that has been federally mandated is relatively new. Only after the acknowledgement or creation of universal public education is when forms a disability came about. When teachers had goals of literacy for all students, it caused teachers to observe a students disability in relation to a task and setting. After many years of research of trial and error, special education now provides services to students with different types of degrees and forms of disabilities like mental retardation, speech-language disabilities, impaired hearing, and deafness. During the early nineteenth century, many leaders took it upon themselves to cure many ills of society. Some of those leaders were Thomas Hawkins...
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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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