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ACQUIRED DEAFNESS [1 record]

Record 1 2012-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hearing
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
CONT

The results indicate that acquired deafness does have a severe emotional impact on people's lives. The experience is not simply determined by observable impairment and communication limitations, but incorporates other less tangible subjective dimensions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouïe
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
CONT

En déficience auditive, les personnes ayant une surdité acquise vivent une communication difficile avec les autres, sont portées à se retirer, à s'isoler et à éviter toutes situations confrontantes.

OBS

La surdité est dite acquise lorsque la perte de l'audition survient après l'acquisition de la parole.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oído
  • Sociología de las personas con discapacidad
DEF

Pérdida de la audición a cualquier edad debido a enfermedades, ruido excesivo, infecciones crónicas del oído, efecto de medicamentos ototóxicos, obstrucción del conducto auditivo, traumatismos acústicos, craneoencefálicos o de los oídos, envejecimiento.

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