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Gradual modifications of the Czech sign language used in communication with the deaf who have progressive visual impairment
Kalendová, Jana ; Okrouhlíková, Lenka (advisor) ; Nováková, Radka (referee)
This bachelor thesis describes modifications of the Czech sign language, used in communication with the deaf who have a progressive visual impairment of several levels. The theoretical part of the thesis introduces the modified and the tactile sign language, which these people will probably once use for the communication. There is also mentioned the issue of interpreting for the deafblind people. The practical part of the thesis contains an analysis of videos that show a conversation of two prelingual deaf people with their deafblind partners. All these videos were compared with a conversation of prelingual deaf communication partners without a visual impairment about the same themes. The results of the research demonstrates, that both of the deaf speakers made the similar basic principles of the modifications, but their frequency differed in order to the level of the visual impairment of the deafblind recipient. Based on the results there were made some basic recommendations for a communication and interpreting for people who have a progressive visual impairment. Keywords: Czech sign language, tactile sign language, adapted sign language, deaf, deaf-blind
Movement and its modification in Czech Tactile Sign Language
Lomberská, Ivana ; Komorná, Marie (advisor) ; Okrouhlíková, Lenka (referee)
This thesis describes a movement and its modifications in the Czech tactile sign language in comparison with the Czech sign language. The theoretical part of the thesis summarizes general knowledge about the Czech sign language in its tactile form and presents various types of modifications of the movement. The practical part of the thesis demonstrates these types of modifications used by deafblind people who communicate in the Czech tactile sign language. A video of a conversation of deafblind people was made for a research. This video was analyzed in detail and the findings are described and illustrated by pictures and videos. The result of the research demonstrates different forms of the movement and its modifications in the Czech tactile sign language which are very individual and depends completely on specific situation of communication and communication partners.

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