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Mental health, its diagnosis and therapy in people with hearing impairment
Belšánová, Tereza ; Hradilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Kotvová, Miroslava (referee)
This thesis was created for the purpose of obtaining closer knowledge of the mental health of people with hearing impairment. At the same time, it also deals with psychological diagnostics and therapy for people with hearing impairment in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part is divided into three thematic groups. The first area describes the issue of hearing impairment, its classification and more detailed information regarding prelingual and postlingual hearing impairments. Furthermore, it also describes the field of mental health, which focuses more precisely on the description of mental health in individual stages of life, the process of coping with a disability, and the psyche of the parents of a hearing-impaired child. The last segment of the theoretical part is a description of psychological intervention, which is further divided into psychological diagnosis and psychological therapy. In the practical part, there is a qualitative research investigation based on semi-structured interviews conducted with six informants with hearing loss aged 20-35. The results of this research investigation point to insufficient support for psychological diagnosis and therapy for people with hearing impairment in the Czech Republic. For example, the following problem areas were mentioned: lack of...
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Subjective attitudes of people with hearing impairment to the defect caused prelingually and postlingually
Belšánová, Tereza ; Hradilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Kotvová, Miroslava (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the subjective attitudes of persons with hearing impairment towards defects originating prelingually and postlingually. The theoretical part describes hearing defects, their types, and degrees. Furthermore describes special pedagogical care, which, among others, also includes speech therapy intervention or the possibility of using compensatory aids. The following is a description of the psychological aspects of prelingual and postlingual hearing impairment. This work aims to identify and describe personal experience and impressions of people with hearing impairment, as well as personal impressions and feelings in the context of communication and the majority society's approach towards this group of people, and to find out what problem areas people with hearing impairment perceive in the relationship with the majority population in the Czech Republic. As part of quality research, a semi-structured interview was chosen in the practical part, and four informants with prelingual and postlingual hearing loss aged 20 to 40 years were selected as a research sample. The research investigation revealed the issue of communication with face masks due to the situation associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, persons with hearing impairments perceive that society is...
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