Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Speech and Hearing Sciences and University Honors
Department
Speech and Hearing Sciences
First Advisor
Jeff Conn
Subjects
Deaf -- Education, Speech therapists -- Training of, Teachers of the deaf -- Training of
DOI
10.15760/honors.131
Abstract
The following paper discusses the cultural gap that has been created between Speech-Language Pathologists and the Deaf community over the last 135 years. Starting with the period of oralism in Deaf schools to now, as we continue to pressure more parents into the idea of cochlear implants for their child. This paper will look at the history of how we have gotten to where we are today with this cultural gap and review results from a survey that was given to Portland State University Speech and Hearing Science students regarding this topic. The paper will then conclude with ways that we can begin to change the way we teach future Speech-Language Pathologists in order to make progress towards closing this cultural gap.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15393
Recommended Citation
Knight, Megan, "The Cultural Gap: Deaf Community and Speech-Language Pathologists" (2015). University Honors Theses. Paper 133.
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/honorstheses/133
10.15760/honors.131