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System of care for people with deafblindness in the Czech Republic
Obselková, Gabriela ; Kotvová, Miroslava (advisor) ; Komorná, Marie (referee)
This thesis deals with deafblind people and their lives. The work investigates how the system of care for these people works in the Czech Republic and how the clients themselves are satisfied with this care. The introductory theoretical part provides basic information about dual sensory impairment, it explains the concept of "deafblindness", describes its classification, etiology and diagnosis. Attention is also given to several fundamental pillars of care of people with deafblindness, such as communication, education, social services, career success, socialization, aids, etc. Second part of this thesis consists of research that has been done using questionnaires with aim to determine how the care of the deafblind is implemented in the Czech Republic and how it is evaluated by particular clients. Survey results have provided personal reference of deafblind individuals about services, organizations and aids, about their frequency and availability. Keywords Dual sensory impairment, deafblindness, sheltered housing, communication systems, organization, people with visual and hearing impairments, aids, employment, social welfare, education.
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Quality of life of people with hearing impairment
Hradilová, Tereza
The thesis titled The quality of life among hearing impaired people focuses on the current issue regarding the assessment of the quality of life in adult hearing impaired people in the Czech Republic. The conceptual basis of the submitted work is the current professional paradigm, with the emphasis on well-being in the lives of individuals with specific needs. The text deals with the multidimensional character of the concepts of the quality of life and the quality of life relating to health. It illuminates the subjective and the objective part of this broad and current concept. One theoretical chapter focuses on the area of hearing impairment in adult people in connection with the aspects which are bound to the quality of life in this part of the population. Mentioned are the personality traits of a hearing impaired person and the current social dilemma, which is connected to hearing loss, and is projected in the overall assesment of the quality of life of the people with this sensory handicap. One of the sub- chapters of this part of the text focuses on the key factors which influence the personal experience of life quality in the case of hearing loss. The research part of the work deals with method, continuation and assesment of the executed quantitative and qualitative research investigation. In...
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Communication development in children with autism spectrum disorder and cochlear implant
Vovsová, Alena ; Hádková, Kateřina (advisor) ; Kotvová, Miroslava (referee)
The thesis deals with the communication development in deaf children after cochlear implantation, which have at the same time diagnosed autism spectrum disorder. The theoretical part is divided into three chapters. First two chapters deal with specifics of hearing impairment, or rather autism spectrum disorder, and its effects on the overall development of the child with an emphasis on communication ability. There are briefly introduced the classification of hearing impairments and compensation aids related to the topic of the work - hearing aids and cochlear implants. There is also space devoted to the characteristics of particular autism spectrum disorders. The third chapter describes the most common communication systems or aids used by persons with hearing disabilities, more precisely with the autism spectrum disorder, and the possibility of communication of people with a combination of these two disabilities. The practical part of the thesis is devoted to qualitative research, which main objective was to find out how obtaining a cochlear implant may influence the development of communication of a deaf child with autism spectrum disorder. As part of the research, interviews with parents of these children were conducted. These interviews were supplemented by open-ended questionnaires addressed...
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Quality of life of people with hearing impairment
Hradilová, Tereza
The thesis titled The quality of life among hearing impaired people focuses on the current issue regarding the assessment of the quality of life in adult hearing impaired people in the Czech Republic. The conceptual basis of the submitted work is the current professional paradigm, with the emphasis on well-being in the lives of individuals with specific needs. The text deals with the multidimensional character of the concepts of the quality of life and the quality of life relating to health. It illuminates the subjective and the objective part of this broad and current concept. One theoretical chapter focuses on the area of hearing impairment in adult people in connection with the aspects which are bound to the quality of life in this part of the population. Mentioned are the personality traits of a hearing impaired person and the current social dilemma, which is connected to hearing loss, and is projected in the overall assesment of the quality of life of the people with this sensory handicap. One of the sub- chapters of this part of the text focuses on the key factors which influence the personal experience of life quality in the case of hearing loss. The research part of the work deals with method, continuation and assesment of the executed quantitative and qualitative research investigation. In...
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Persons with hearing disability and music
VONDRÁŠKOVÁ, Marie
The main theme of this bachelor thesis is the issue of people with hearing impairment and also music. It is about the positive effects of music on their person. In the theoretical part I mainly work on information about hearing impairment and its causes. Classification of hearing impairments follows. Another part of this section is historical knowledge, I mean access to disabled people in history. It is also important to mention the emergence of communication systems for people with hearing impairment and some information about people from Deaf community. An important chapter is the issue of children with hearing disorders here I describe problems in development of children with hearing disabilities. I will also mention a brief look at the situation in family of children with disabilities and eventually their educational possibilities. The next part is music and its curative effects in music therapy. I also present possible positive effects of music on people with disabilities especially the hearing impairment. In the practical part is research of five specific children with hearing disabilities. It contains processed case reports of children, research tasks and the course of their performance and results. There are also pictures of children taken during the research At the end of the thesis there is a summary of the whole work, the literature used for the work and the attachments.
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