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Exposure to disability and hearing loss narratives in undergraduate audiology curriculum
Abbey L Berg1, Maryrose Canellas, Stephen Salbod
1Communication Sciences & Disorders Program, Department of Biology & Health Sciences, Pace University, 1 Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038, USA. aberg@pace.edu
Purpose:
To determine whether exposure to disability and hearing loss narratives increased undergraduate communication sciences and disorders (CSD) students' affective responses to scenarios of individuals with hearing impairment.
Method:
Thirty-five CSD undergraduates responded to 8 scenarios (K. English, L. L. Mendel, T. Rojeski, & J. Hornak, 1999). Sixteen students completed a course in audiologic rehabilitation with no exposure to disability and hearing loss narratives; 19 students completed the same course with exposure. Two audiologists, independent and blind to group status, rated the 35 student responses for affective and technical content.
Results:
Students exposed to the narratives incorporated more affective elements into their technical responses than students not exposed.
Conclusions:
Narratives appear to be effective in increasing affective elements in students' technical/informational responses and may have a place and be of value in undergraduate CSD curriculum.
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