Education, Employment, and Independent Living of Young Adults Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Appelman, Karen I.; Callahan, Judy; Mayer, Margaret H.; Luetke, Barbara; Stryker, Deborah S.

doi:10.1353/aad.2012.1619

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“…This conclusion is consistent with a life course approach to understanding outcomes, as it emphasizes the importance of considering multiple levels of contributory factors, including community attitudes, when investigating well-being at all stages of life. In contrast, a more recent study from the USA of 46 young adults that attended a nonpublic agency school for the deaf reported high levels of college completion and employment (Appelman et al 2012).…”

Section: Implications Of Early Hearing Loss For Health Development Ovmentioning

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A Life Course Approach to Hearing Health

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Tremblay

Halfon

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Handbook of Life Course Health Development

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Challenges to hearing health are a significant public health problem. At least ten million Americans have a hearing loss that interferes with the understanding of normal speech. If lesser degrees of loss are included, the number rises to 28 million. Although there have been considerable advances in understanding the etiology of hearing loss, with genetic causes now thought to account for up to 50% of congenital losses, in many individual cases, the cause of hearing loss remains unknown. This lack of knowledge of the basic pathophysiology of hearing difficulties hampers prevention and treatment efforts. Growing interest in life course theory has led to suggestions that it could prove useful to apply a life course lens to the study of hearing loss, and of hearing health, throughout the life span. In this paper we consider the implications of the Life Course Health Development model for understanding the mechanisms, pathways, and determinants of hearing ability. We consider the implications of early hearing loss for health development over the life course and the factors through the life course that contribute to hearing ability in adult life. We consider the concept not just of hearing loss but of “hearing health” and how to achieve it, the research priorities that are suggested by this review, and the implications for policy and practice.

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Section: Implications Of Early Hearing Loss For Health Development Ovmentioning

confidence: 65%

A Life Course Approach to Hearing Health

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Tremblay

Halfon

et al. 2017

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“…Employment rates for persons with disabilities were higher for individuals who were male, White, married, or had higher levels of educational attainment (Sevak, Houtenville, Brucker, & O’Neill, 2014). The type of disability can influence employment outcomes, with variations seen in employment for persons with limitations that were sensory (Appelman et al, 2012; Darensbourg, 2013; Giesen & Cavenaugh, 2013; Houston, Lammers, & Svorny, 2010; Kelly, 2013; McDonnall, Li, & Crudden, 2013) and functional (Andelic, Stevens, Sigurdardottir, Arango-Lasprilla, & Roe, 2012; Arango-Lasprilla et al, 2009; Artman & McMahon, 2013; Baune et al, 2010; Giugiario et al, 2012; Jones & Crews, 2013; J. S. Krause, 2010; I.…”

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Using Sensory, Functional, and Activity Limitation Data to Estimate Employment Outcomes for Working-Age Persons With Disabilities in the United States

Brucker

Houtenville

Lauer

2016

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

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Using data from the 2010–2012 American Community Survey (ACS), we estimate employment outcomes among persons with different combinations of sensory, functional, and activity limitations while controlling for individual characteristics. We consider activity limitations as indicators of barriers to independent living and of a need for support services. We find that the presence of an activity limitation is strongly associated with decreased odds of employment for persons with sensory or functional limitations. Results provide support for the targeted allocation of resources to increase independent living among persons with disabilities as a means to improve employment outcomes among persons with disabilities.

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“…Scholar Harlan Lane (1999) applied Goffman's (1963) theories to explain how DHH people have been stigmatized through their disability and "outsider" culture. As with other cultural minorities, DHH have been discriminated against, forced to learn English, taught the history of those in power (Caucasian, wealthy, and hearing), and have had their political agenda delegitimized and ignored (Appelman, Callahan, Mayer, Luetke, & Stryker, 2012;Baynton, 1996;Brueggemann, 1999;Gannon, 1980;Lane, 1999). For most DHH people, then, their connection to the hearing world is not just one of "ability" or "disability," but is enmeshed with a tumultuous past of oppression by the dominant (hearing) group.…”

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Constructing Hearing Loss or “Deaf Gain?” Voice, Agency, and Identity in Television's Representations of d/Deafness

Foss¹

2014

Critical Studies in Media Communication

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Representations of deafness and Deaf culture on television have significantly increased and improved in the last 26 years. This paper explores these changing depictions, examining entertainment television from 1987 through 2013. Findings suggest that the pathological model persists, in which deaf characters are framed as vulnerable or dehumanized, and promote the cochlear implant as a "cure" for deafness. At the same time, episodes about tolerance and acceptance reinforce deafness as a cultural trait, especially in storylines in which multiple characters speak in American Sign Language.While ASL frequently appears in d/Deaf representations, its portrayal is incomplete and simplistic, downplaying its grammatical complexity. These competing discourses illustrate that what it means to be deaf or experience deafness is culturally constructed depending on context and experience, and reflects real-life tension between the Deaf community and medical experts who continue to pathologize deafness. Only through diversity in the roles for d/Deaf actors will television help to counter stigmas about disabilities and promote mainstream acceptance of Deaf culture.

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Education, Employment, and Independent Living of Young Adults Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Cited by 18 publications

References 14 publications

A Life Course Approach to Hearing Health

A Life Course Approach to Hearing Health

Using Sensory, Functional, and Activity Limitation Data to Estimate Employment Outcomes for Working-Age Persons With Disabilities in the United States

Constructing Hearing Loss or “Deaf Gain?” Voice, Agency, and Identity in Television's Representations of d/Deafness

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