Comunicação de profissionais de unidade de reabilitação física com clientes surdos

Objective: to identify how professionals from the local public physical rehabilitation unit communicate with deaf people seeking specialized care. Methods: exploratory descriptive study with qualitative approach conducted with 32 professionals working in physical rehabilitation through self-reportin...

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Autores: Machado, Wiliam César Alves, Pereira, Juarez de Sousa, Prado, Athaynne Ramos de Aguiar, Silva, Rafael André da, Silva, Vera Maria da, Figueiredo, Nébia Maria Almeida de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufc.br:riufc/14493
Acceso en línea:http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/14493
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Surdez
Serviços de Reabilitação
Linguagem de Sinais
Barreiras de Comunicação
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Sumario:Objective: to identify how professionals from the local public physical rehabilitation unit communicate with deaf people seeking specialized care. Methods: exploratory descriptive study with qualitative approach conducted with 32 professionals working in physical rehabilitation through self-reporting instrument. Results: two thematic categories emerged from data analysis: Using the Brazilian Sign Language, and Improvising communication strategies to interact with deaf patients. When professionals improvise strategies to communicate with the deaf, it might create barriers that negatively affect the quality of services provided to this population. Conclusion: communication is inefficient, and effective initiatives focused on the qualification of professionals working in rehabilitation can contribute for them to master the Brazilian Sign Language, ensuring adequate care to deaf clients/patients, in the same way as those provided to people without hearing impairment.