New sign language new(S): the globalization of sign language in the smartphone era

Tannenbaum-Baruchi, Carolina; Feder‐Bubis, Paula

doi:10.1080/09687599.2017.1383034

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“…Additionally, it has changed as a result of the widespread adoption of smartphones. A brand-new global sign language has emerged [ 21 ].…”

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Communication Challenges While Dealing With a Deaf Patient in the Emergency Department and Suggested Solutions

Akeely¹,

Alenezi²,

Albishr³

et al. 2022

Cureus

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BackgroundIn the emergency department (ED), dealing with deaf patients presents unique difficulties and obstacles. There is insufficient time to arrange for an interpreter. While the voice of the deaf patient was the focus of earlier studies, in this study, we are interested in learning about ED physicians' difficulties and expertise. In addition, we aim to determine which approaches they suggest to address these issues. MethodologyA cross-sectional analysis was conducted among 166 emergency physicians working in pediatric and adult departments. The data were collected from physicians working in different centers in Riyadh city from January 2022 to March 2022. The data analysis was performed using SPSS version 23 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). ResultsIn their department policy and procedures, 74.1% of participants claimed no policy or procedure for dealing with deaf patients. The majority of available communication methods were family interpreters (63.9%) and writing on paper (16.9%). Overall, 88% of respondents did not attend any training on dealing with deaf patients, despite the fact that 83.7% thought such training should be available. Furthermore, 90.4% of the participants did not know sign language. Concerning information about the Saudi Association for Hearing Impairment Services, 74.1% were unaware of such services. Concerning modern applications on smartphones, 97.6% were unaware of any existing communication app that could aid in communication with deaf patients. ConclusionsIn this study, we identified a significant deficiency in the knowledge and skills required to communicate with deaf patients. Hence, we recommend mandating education for physicians and requiring each institution to have an interpreter available 24 hours a day, either in person or via high-quality remote video.

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“…Additionally, it has changed as a result of the widespread adoption of smartphones. A brand-new global sign language has emerged [ 21 ].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Communication Challenges While Dealing With a Deaf Patient in the Emergency Department and Suggested Solutions

Akeely¹,

Alenezi²,

Albishr³

et al. 2022

Cureus

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“…Altogether, there are over 300 different types of sign languages across the globe, 1 all of which are informed and influenced by local cultural and geographic situations. 15…”

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Health Care Needs of Deaf Signers: The Case for Culturally Competent Health Care Providers

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There is a need for culturally competent health care providers (HCPs) to provide care to deaf signers, who are members of a linguistic and cultural minority group. Many deaf signers have lower health literacy levels due to deprivation of incidental learning opportunities and inaccessibility of health-related materials, increasing their risk for poorer health outcomes. Communication barriers arise because HCPs are ill-prepared to serve this population, with deaf signers reporting poor-quality interactions. This has translated to errors in diagnosis, patient nonadherence, and ineffective health information, resulting in mistrust of the health care system and reluctance to seek treatment. Sign language interpreters have often not received in-depth medical training, compounding the dynamic process of medical interpreting. HCPs should thus become more culturally competent, empowering them to provide cultural- and language-concordant services to deaf signers. HCPs who received training in cultural competency showed increased knowledge and confidence in interacting with deaf signers. Similarly, deaf signers reported more positive experiences when interacting with medically certified interpreters, HCPs with sign language skills, and practitioners who made an effort to improve communication. However, cultural competency programs within health care education remain inconsistent. Caring for deaf signers requires complex, integrated competencies that need explicit attention and practice repeatedly in realistic, authentic learning tasks ordered from simple to complex. Attention to the needs of deaf signers can start early in the curriculum, using examples of deaf signers in lectures and case discussions, followed by explicit discussions of Deaf cultural norms and the potential risks of low written and spoken language literacy. Students can subsequently engage in role plays with each other or representatives of the local signing deaf community. This would likely ensure that future HCPs are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide appropriate care and ensure equitable health care access for deaf signers.

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“…In all drei Clustern spielen Internetmedien eine wichtige Rolle. Internetquellen sind möglicherweise auch deshalb unter Befragten, die Gebärdensprache sprechen, besonders verbreitet, weil für sie die Kommunikationsfunktion sozialer Medien von großer Bedeutung ist (Roos & Wengelin, 2016;Tannenbaum-Baruchi & Feder-Bubis, 2017;Wardle, 2017).…”

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Informationsrepertoires von Menschen mit Beeinträchtigungen

Haage¹

2021

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This study examines the participation of people with disabilities in public communication from a user's perspective. To this end, research instruments from two disciplines were combined: the ICF classification system from inclusion research and the scope of information approach from media studies. On the one hand, this approach enables the author to measure the diversity of media use in a user-centred way and, on the other hand, to include the entire range of context factors in the search for barriers to and facilitators of participation in public communication, not just barriers in the media. With the help of a cluster analysis of typical ranges of information, the author is able to identify constellations that particularly enable or disable such participation.

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New sign language new(S): the globalization of sign language in the smartphone era

Cited by 8 publications

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Communication Challenges While Dealing With a Deaf Patient in the Emergency Department and Suggested Solutions

Communication Challenges While Dealing With a Deaf Patient in the Emergency Department and Suggested Solutions

Health Care Needs of Deaf Signers: The Case for Culturally Competent Health Care Providers

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