Reading and writing of low vision acquired persons : hearing and speech pathology approach / A leitura e a escrita de pessoas com baixa visão adquirida : abordagem fonoaudiologica

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2010

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The study of reading and writing by low vision subjects is a new and less explored field by the Hearing and Speech Pathology, and can contribute for the rehabilitation process of these subjects. In this research a descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted for the purpose to verify how subjects with acquired low vision use the reading and the writing in their daily life. The sample was made with 30 subjects participating in the Teenagers and Adult´s Rehabilitation Group at the CEPRE/FCM/UNICAMP during 2008. A questionnaire was applied by interview to investigate the variables: personal characteristics, use of assistive technology resources, use, frequency and object of reading and writing. For this group, average of age was 38 and for the vision loss was 29. Most of the subjects declared the use of optical aids to read and to write and to use non-optical aids to read. The majority declared to use the reading daily with the purpose to find information that concerned them. Regarding to writing, the majority declared to use it with the purpose to take notes for themselves. Although most of the subjects declared to use the reading with the same frequency as before the appearance of the visual loss it was evidenced that the subjects now needed to read the text several times to understand it, due to the scrambling of letters and visual exhaustion. Most of the subjects related to use the activities of reading and writing for communication. The subjects that related no long using reading and writing after the appearance of the visual loss, justified that because couldn t see. It was concluded that the subjects used the reading and the writing as communication in their daily life, even needing to read the text more than once to understand it. Difficulties with reading and writing might narrow life activities of people with low vision. Therefore special attention to written language should be given in the Rehabilitation s Programs and this suggests the inclusion of the Hearing and Speech Pathologist in the interdisciplinary team as part of the Rehabilitation process

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writing fonoaudiologia low spech rehabilitation leitura reading reabilitação language and hearing sciences escrita baixa visão vision

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