How to improve communication with deaf children in the dental clinic

It may be difficult for hearing-impaired people to communicate with people who hear. In the health care area, there is often little awareness of the communication barriers faced by the deaf and, in dentistry, the attitude adopted towards the deaf is not always correct. A review is given of the basic...

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Published inMedicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal Vol. 12; no. 8; pp. E576 - E581
Main Authors Alsmark, Silvia San Bernardino, García, Joaquín, Martínez, María Rosa Mourelle, López, Nuria Esther Gallardo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Spain Sociedad Española de Medicina Oral 01.12.2007
Subjects
Child
Communication Barriers
Dental Care for Children - standards
Dental Clinics
Dentistry
Humans
Persons With Hearing Impairments
hearing-impaired patient
education
Hearing impairment
dentistry
communication barriers
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Summary:It may be difficult for hearing-impaired people to communicate with people who hear. In the health care area, there is often little awareness of the communication barriers faced by the deaf and, in dentistry, the attitude adopted towards the deaf is not always correct. A review is given of the basic rules and advice given for communicating with the hearing-impaired. The latter are classified in three groups - lip-readers, sign language users and those with hearing aids. The advice given varies for the different groups although the different methods of communication are often combined (e.g. sign language plus lip-reading, hearing-aids plus lip-reading). Treatment of hearing-impaired children in the dental clinic must be personalised. Each child is different, depending on the education received, the communication skills possessed, family factors (degree of parental protection, etc.), the existence of associated problems (learning difficulties), degree of loss of hearing, age, etc.
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ISSN:1698-6946
1698-6946