Habilitation, rehabilitation and inclusion: what is the Deaf perception about speech therapy work?

Abstract

This paper analyzes the representation that Deaf individuals have about the speech therapists working in rehabilitation and the different approaches used by these professionals. Sixteen Deaf individuals were interviewed and video recorded. The interviews were then translated, transcribed and later analyzed using Bardin proposal (1977). The results show that the speech therapist is seen by the Deaf as one that can provide them access to the oral language so they can communicate with hearing people who do not know Brazilian Sign Language (Libras). The corpus also show a change in the policy of the Deaf towards speech, since in the interviewees' discourse, the oral language appears as a necessity forcommunication with individuals who are hearing and don’t know sign language and not as an imposition made by thefamily.

Keywords

• Fonoaudiologia
• Reabilitação
• Surdos
• Libras
• Inclusão