Availability of Mental Health Services for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Deaf-Blind

McDonnall, Michele C.; Crudden, Adele; LeJeune, B. J.; Steverson, Anne

doi:10.1080/1536710x.2017.1260515

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“…This DASS-21 has been proven to be a reliable and effective measure [27]. The depression subscale consists of items 3, 5, 10, 13, 16, 17, and 21 with scores ranging from normal (0-9), mild (10)(11)(12)(13), moderate (14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20), severe (21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27) to extremely severe (28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42). The anxiety subscale consists of items 2, 4, 7, 9, 15, 19, and 20, with scores ranging from normal (0-7), mild (8)(9), moderate (10)(11)(12)(13)(14), severe (15)(16)(17)(18)(19), to extremely severe .…”

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“…The anxiety subscale consists of items 2, 4, 7, 9, 15, 19, and 20, with scores ranging from normal (0-7), mild (8)(9), moderate (10)(11)(12)(13)(14), severe (15)(16)(17)(18)(19), to extremely severe . Finally, the stress subscale consists of items 1, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, and 18, with scores ranging from normal (0-14), mild (15)(16)(17)(18), moderate (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25), severe (26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34) to extremely severe (35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42). The Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) is a self-reporting tool widely used in the field of psychological impact and has been proven to be suitable for the Chinese population [28].…”

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“…A previous study has shown that congenital sensorineural hearing loss can delay the development of speech, language, and social communication skills [19]. Compared with their peers, the unique social and emotional development patterns of persons with hearing loss may make them more susceptible to psychological and emotional distress with lower quality of life due to ineffective communication tools and services during the pandemic [20][21][22][23]. Owing to the limitation of their spoken and written language level, people with hearing loss might find it more difficult to communicate effectively when compared with those with normal hearing and their psychological demands might be more difficult satisfy.…”

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Mental Health and Psychological Impact on Students with or without Hearing Loss during the Recurrence of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

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Xiao

Liu

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Background: This study compares the mental health and psychological response of students with or without hearing loss during the recurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing, the capital of China. It explores the relevant factors affecting mental health and provides evidence-driven strategies to reduce adverse psychological impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We used the Chinese version of depression, anxiety, and stress scale 21 (DASS-21) to assess the mental health and the impact of events scale—revised (IES-R) to assess the COVID-19 psychological impact. Results: The students with hearing loss are frustrated with their disability and particularly vulnerable to stress symptoms, but they are highly endurable in mitigating this negative impact on coping with their well-being and responsibilities. They are also more resilient psychologically but less resistant mentally to the pandemic impacts than the students with normal hearing. Their mental and psychological response to the pandemic is associated with more related factors and variables than that of the students with normal hearing is. Conclusions: To safeguard the welfare of society, timely information on the pandemic, essential services for communication disorders, additional assistance and support in mental counseling should be provided to the vulnerable persons with hearing loss that are more susceptible to a public health emergency.

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Mental Health and Psychological Impact on Students with or without Hearing Loss during the Recurrence of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

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“…Most medical institutions lack effective measures to deal with the mental health problems suffered by deaf-mutes. 6 In addition, the services offered for the deaf-mutes with psychological problems or mental illness are usually insufficient to meet their needs. 7 Some researchers have tried to break this dilemma through remote assistance.…”

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Virtual emotional gestures to assist in the examination of the mental health of the deaf‐mutes

Liang

Wang

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The particular characteristics of deaf‐mutes make them more likely to have mental health problems. Due to their particular way of communication, it is more difficult for them to deal with mental health problems than ordinary people. Nowadays, those psychologists who are good at sign language are in short supply, and remote assistance cannot achieve satisfactory results. Therefore, a library of virtual emotional gestures based on electroencephalogram (EEG) was established and a prototype system for mental health examination of deaf‐mutes was proposed, which help deaf‐mutes identify their psychological problems in time and assist medical staff to examine the psychological problems encountered by deaf‐mutes. In addition, the virtual library of emotional gestures is established with the assistance of the chief physician from a 3A hospital in Henan Province. More importantly, the later experiments demonstrate the applicability of this virtual system.

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“…The issues of puberty are different, for these are common feelings such as fear, hardships in daily tasks and issues in keeping the relationships (MacDonnall, Crudden, LeJeune & Stewerson, 2014). Many studies of the deaf blind people were executed such as Sukontharungsee, Bourquin and Poonpit (2006) and Al-jabr (2015)that showed the poor services provided for the deaf blind people, inadequacy of rehabilitation services, lack of positive social support for them, the severe lack in trained teachers who should deal with them, lack of sufficient educational programs.…”

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The effectiveness of a family counseling program in improving the meaning of life among deaf blind children

ahmed

2021

Egyptian Journal of Social Work

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The present study aims to examine the effectiveness of a family counseling program in improving the meaning of life for deaf-blind children. The sample of the study consisted of the families of 10 deafblind children in the age groups from 9 to 12 years. The study employed a measure of improving the meaning of life for deaf-blind children, and the results confirmed the existence of highly statistically significant differences between the measurements of the pre and post means on the scale of the meaning of life, for the experimental group. Deaf-blind children scored highest in all the three aspects; purpose of life, life satisfaction, adaptability, and; there fore, an indication of the effectiveness of the family counseling program in improving the meaning of life for deaf-blind children. The study also indicated that there are differences between the means of pre and post measurement for deaf blind children, males and females, on the meaning of life scale, in favor of female children, in terms of satisfaction with life alone. The study was concluded with recommendations for deaf-blind children. Key words: a family counseling program, the meaning of life, deaf blind children. Introduction:The group of deaf-blind people is one of the recently classified group as an independent group of handicapped, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) report (World Health Organization [WHO], 2017). Also, the international classification of the functional performance, disability and health issued by the Nations International Children's Emergency Fund [UNICEF], indicated that deaf blind people are classified among the sensory disabilities group ( UNICEF, 2014).The NCDB stated that U.S.A has 9384 babies, children and youth who have been defined as having both hearing and visual disabilities, a much smaller number compared to the previous years. It also stated that almost 90% of the children and youth in the national census of deaf blind children have more than one disability, in addition to deafness and blindness (Wolford, 2016).The data of Helen Keller International Center suggested that there is about one million deaf blind adults in USA (Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths & Adults (HKNC), 2015).

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Availability of Mental Health Services for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Deaf-Blind

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Mental Health and Psychological Impact on Students with or without Hearing Loss during the Recurrence of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

Mental Health and Psychological Impact on Students with or without Hearing Loss during the Recurrence of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

Virtual emotional gestures to assist in the examination of the mental health of the deaf‐mutes

The effectiveness of a family counseling program in improving the meaning of life among deaf blind children

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