Violence in deaf and hard-of-hearing people

Vernon, McCay; Greenberg, Sheldon F.

doi:10.1016/s1359-1789(97)00058-x

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“…In deaf people, there may be effects with depression and interpersonal relations (12), and some personality factors (13). High proportions of inmates in prisons have some hearing impairment (14). Behavioral differences occur between children with minimal hearing impairment and those with normal hearing, particularly in self-esteem (8).…”

Section: Identification Of Signals In Noisementioning

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Variation in the Normal Hearing Threshold Predicts Childhood IQ, Linguistic, and Behavioral Outcomes

Welch

Dawes

2007

Pediatr Res

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Childhood hearing level varies considerably within the range considered normal. Four classes of outcome were investigated for associations with hearing thresholds in this range: ability to identify speech in noise, neurocognitive ability, linguistic ability, and behavior. The research was conducted in a general population cohort of 711 children with mean hearing threshold of 15 dB HL or better. Some outcomes: speech in noise, intelligence, and certain linguistic abilities, were predicted in both boys and girls; effects were stronger in girls. In girls only, poorer hearing predicted worse behavior. These effects remained after statistical control for childhood socioeconomic status and otitis media. Variability in normal hearing, due to causes other than otitis media, is associated with the listening, language, and neurocognitive abilities of children, and the behavior of girls. We suggest that these effects may be present for three reasons, cochlear insults, neurodevelopmental factors, and psychological factors. We discuss how these may interact to produce the effects observed. T he conventional cut-off for normal-range hearing in children is 15 dB HL (1); which includes 97% (711/734) of the general population sample assessed here. This includes a wide range of actual hearing abilities, and how it relates to psychosocial consequences in humans is unclear (2). Hitherto, research has concentrated on effects in people with relatively large hearing losses, with little attention paid to the effects of variability within the normal range. We investigated four areas for which we hypothesized effects of hearing level in normally hearing children. Identification of signals in noise.A relation between puretone detection and identification of signals in noise has been demonstrated in minimally hearing-impaired children (3). Variation in normal hearing may be due to vulnerable structures involved in the cochlear active process (4). Children with poorer normal hearing may be less able to identify signals in noise due to slight deterioration in these systems.Neurocognitive ability. Assessment of hearing threshold measures performance on a psychoacoustical task in which general neurocognitive ability might play a part, so variation in threshold might be related to IQ. Furthermore, a body of research has related sensory processing, in terms of inspection time, with IQ (5-7). Thus, there may be a relation between hearing and IQ.Linguistic ability. Children with minimal hearing impairment perform less well on tests of educational performance, particularly in areas related to language (8). Furthermore, those with poor linguistic abilities perform less well on tests of acoustic frequency and temporal resolution (9,10). These findings are with stimuli requiring a high degree of processing (11), however, simple detectability may contribute to the effects shown.Behavior. Little research has investigated behavioral concomitants of variation in hearing in children. In deaf people, there may be effects with depression and interp...

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Section: Identification Of Signals In Noisementioning

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Variation in the Normal Hearing Threshold Predicts Childhood IQ, Linguistic, and Behavioral Outcomes

Welch

Dawes

2007

Pediatr Res

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“…The overall lack of references may serve as an indicator that there has been little focus on prisoners with sensory or physical disabilities in Norway or in the Nordic countries. Studies from the USA indicate that people with hearing loss are over-represented in correctional services, and receive poorer service than other prisoners (Miller, Vernon, and Capella 2005;Vernon and Greenberg 1999). It is not possible, however, to assume uncritically that the same is the case in Norway, since the correctional services and the systems of justice are different in these two countries (Pratt 2008a(Pratt , 2008b.…”

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Punished and isolated: disabled prisoners in Norway

Haualand

2014

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

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“…This study also did not have a hearing comparison sample. Vernon and Greenberg (1999) reviewed the literature related to violence in the deaf and hard of hearing. Their review suggests that the prevalence of brain damage, learning disability, communication disorders, and educational retardation results in higher rates of violence for this population.…”

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“…The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF; World Health Organization [WHO], 2002) conceptualizes deafness in terms of functioning. This may allow greater room for the Deaf cultural perspective in the way deafness is classified compared Downloaded by [Universidad de Sevilla] at 01:52 21 October 2014 Harry, 1984;Denmark, 1985;Harry & Dietz, 1985;Vernon & Rich, 1997;Vernon & Greenberg, 1999;Young et al, 2000;Miller & Vernon, 2001;Young et al, 2001;Miller & Vernon, 2003;Iqbal et al, 2004;Miller et al, 2005;Bramley, 2007Mental Health 8 Altshuler & Baroff, 1962Denmark, 1985;Young, et al, 2000;De Bruin & De Graaf, 2004;Iqbal et al, 2004;Cornes & Napier, 2005;Kvam, et al, 2007;Landsberger & Diaz, 2010. Assessment 4 Dickert, 1988Fellinger et al, 2005b;O'Rourke & Grewer, 2005;Connolly et al, 2006.…”

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The Psychological Treatment Needs of Deaf Mental Health Patients in High-Secure Settings: A Review of the Literature

Mitchell

Braham

2011

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

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A review of the literature relating to the psychological treatment needs of deaf mentally disordered offenders residing in high secure settings was conducted. Four literature searches were conducted relating to offending, mental illness, assessment and treatment with the deaf. The literature regarding these areas was found to be highly limited. Despite this, evidence suggests that deaf people are over represented in high secure facilities. It is also suggested that deaf offenders show higher levels of violent and sexual offences than their hearing counterparts. Most theories accounting for this difference in offending relate to the insufficient acquirement of social understanding however the finding may be an artefact of biases in the criminal justice system. Overall deaf people appear to experience similar levels of mental illness but greater levels of learning disability than hearing people. There are numerous sources of error when conducting assessments with deaf people. Similarly there are a number of challenges when delivering interventions with deaf people. These issues are discussed in terms of their implications for the psychological treatment needs of deaf mentally disordered offenders. Suggestions for future research include making use of systematic case studies to avoid some of the methodological challenges of researching this population.

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Violence in deaf and hard-of-hearing people

Cited by 32 publications

References 10 publications

Variation in the Normal Hearing Threshold Predicts Childhood IQ, Linguistic, and Behavioral Outcomes

Variation in the Normal Hearing Threshold Predicts Childhood IQ, Linguistic, and Behavioral Outcomes

Punished and isolated: disabled prisoners in Norway

The Psychological Treatment Needs of Deaf Mental Health Patients in High-Secure Settings: A Review of the Literature

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