Različiti pristupi u sustavu potpore u visokom obrazovanju za gluhe i nagluhe studente

Abstract

There are important differencies between deaf and hard of hearing people in the way they communicate and learn so their needs in high education are different. Deaf people cannot understand spoken messages through hearing alone and many of them cannot develop clear spech. They use sign language as they first language. Hard of hearing people have some usable hearing and they can comprehend speech to some extent with or without a hearing aid. Their knowledge is better but they also have difficulties in folowing the lecturess and coping with fast comunication.The deaf and hard of hearing students can learn any topic as well as any other hearing student. But, to achieve that, it is important that topic is explained in the way it can be understood. This presentation provides insights on basic communication skills of deaf and hard of hearing students. It is presented how deaf and hard of hearing students communicate, how they learn and what are their needs in high education. Few different communication modes are demonstrated: use of sign language interpreter, FM apparatus and real-time captioning.