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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

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