Making it in the Modern Job Market: A Study of Communication among the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Population

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dc.contributor.advisorZeeger, Tracy
dc.contributor.authorGeller, Margarita
dc.contributor.authorGorelik, Mariya
dc.contributor.authorKim, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorMosteller, Matt
dc.contributor.authorQuinn, Kelly
dc.contributor.authorRose, Meagan
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-25T19:50:56Z
dc.date.available2010-05-25T19:50:56Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionGemstone Team AUDIO (Assessing and Understanding Deaf Individuals' Occupations)
dc.description.abstractDue to the increasing importance of communication in the professional world, deaf and hard of hearing individuals are being marginalized in the job market through employment opportunities and salary. The purpose of the research study was to investigate the significance of the communication barrier further. The two research questions the team focused on were: (1) Are the communication skills further developed by deaf and hard of hearing students at mainstream universities comparable to those of deaf and hard of hearing students at specialized universities? (2) How does attending a mainstream versus a specialized university prepare a deaf individual to communicate through written and oral communication skills? In the first portion of the study, the team distributed an original online survey to obtain demographic data, as well as a sample of written communication skills. In phase two, the team conducted video-taped interviews. Both written and inter-personal communications were scored using rubrics developed and tested by the team.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10080
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGemstone Program, University of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectCommunicationen_US
dc.subjectDeafen_US
dc.subjectHard of hearingen_US
dc.subjectJobsen_US
dc.subjectGemstone Team AUDIO (Assessing and Understanding Deaf Individuals' Occupations)
dc.titleMaking it in the Modern Job Market: A Study of Communication among the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Populationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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