The Importance of Aphasia Communication Groups

Chronic aphasia is linked to poor functional recovery, depression, and social isolation. In the exploration of the above factors, the role of aphasia communication groups has evolved. Aphasia communication groups for stroke survivors with chronic aphasia and their communication buddies are gaining clinical importance. Communication buddies can be family members, friends, carers, health professionals, and speech and language therapy students who serve as communication facilitators for each group member. Group members share experiences on stroke and aphasia by using technology/tablets and the total communication approach. The benefits or outcomes of group involvement are measured by assessment of functional communication, individual self-ratings of the impact of aphasia on communication, and quality of life after stroke. The use of the communication buddy system, total communication approach, and systematic evaluations enables therapists to measure the effectiveness and efficacy of communication groups in terms of functional communication, social inclusion, and quality of life.

THE TOTAL COMMUNICATION FOR HEARING-IMPAIRED STUDENTS IN LEARNING ENGLISH

This study aims to discuss the use of Total Communication (TC, henceforth), the combinations of communication modes, and the reasons for using TC for hearing-impaired (HI) students of English class at SLB PGRI Kamal. Teaching English to them is believed to require more strategic approaches especially when compared to students who do not have any hearing issues. The data are from four HI students at SLB PGRI Kamal and their English teacher. In collecting the data, observation, note taking and recording were used as the instruments in which during taking note and observation, the researchers used phone recorder and phone camera to anticipate the data from lost and for further analysis. The results show that there are seven communication modes that were used. Those are lip-reading, sign language, images, writing, Indonesian Alphabetic Symbol System (IAS), finger spelling, and speech. Those modes are combined depending on the needs of the users (both English teacher and HI students). Therefore, the researcher found six combinations of modes in TC. Moreover, the researchers found five reasons for using TC for HI students in the English classroom at SLB PGRI Kamal. It is because of its flexibility and effectiveness in communication. Futhermore, TC gives chances to HI students to learn to speak, write and read in English, and allow the HI students to make English sounds and identify them

Communication Behaviour of Deaf Children in SLB Negeri 1 Tabanan: Ethnographic Communication Perspective

The aim of the research is to identify and interpret field data on subcultures, total communication approaches, communication components forming communication events, patterns and communication skills of deaf children at the research site. Three important things have been identified in this research. First the subculture and overall communication approach of deaf children has been identified as a typical culture of deaf children in SLB Negeri 1 Tabanan. Second, the dominant communication components shaping the communication events of deaf children in SLB Negeri 1 Tabanan are (1) Settings, including the ideal distance to communicate, physical asp. The three patterns and communication skills of deaf children in SLB Negeri Tabanan identified were (1) patterns of communication between deaf children and normal people and (2) patterns of communication between deaf children and deaf children. The patterns of communication with normal people are divided into patterns of communication with older people and patterns of communication with peers.

PENGARUH PENERAPAN METODE TERAPI KOMUNIKASI TOTAL TERHADAP PASIEN AFASIA GLOBAL PASCA STROKE

Background: Individuals with aphasia experience speech, listening and writing disorders although they do not affect intelligence due to brain damage which contains language, usually on the left side of the left cerebral hemisphere. Aphasia cases can be handled by semantic divergent methods. Objective: This study aims to determine the treatment of adult aphasia patients who have impaired word discovery, compose sentences that sometimes express them not using the correct sentence structure, using the semantic divergent method. There were also some patients who experienced disturbances in the relationship between thought processes and language; the inability to turn thoughts into sentences. This study was conducted on a female patient with Global Aphasia Post Stroke aged 84 years at the Cibabat Regional General Hospital, Cimahi. Methods: The research method used is experimental case study research which aims to determine the condition of the subject before and after intervention or therapy. Data collection was carried out through the WOTS stage, namely interviews with the client's parents, direct observation of clients, conducting tests on clients, and study of patient medical record documents. Conclusion: The results showed that after 20 sessions of therapy, the ability to designate the patient's noun level increased where the initial test scored 0 points and the final test scored 8 points with a success percentage of 80% of the maximum 10 points get tested. Based on these results it can be concluded that the application of total communication methods in global aphasia patients is successful.

A Total Communication Package for the Business Executives: Importance of Attitude, Culture, Leadership and Other Factors

Recent studies suggest that a series of contextually appropriate and effective communication training package is demanded by the employers and HR practitioners in the job market. However, the ways to design an effective, comprehensive and sustainable communication development program for the business executives have rarely been explored in the extant literature. This paper introduces the concept of a total communication package (TCP) that can help design a better communication development program for the business executives. This qualitative research uses the interview findings from 20 top executives from the banking and telecommunication sectors in Bangladesh to unpack the concept of TCP for the HR practitioners.

Pemerolehan bahasa anak berkebutuhan khusus (tunarungu) dalam memahami bahasa

Children with hearing impairment are children with hearing loss who are classified into deaf and hard of hearing. The direct impact of disability is the obstruction of verbal / verbal communication, both speaking (expressive) and understanding the conversations of others (receptive). Obtaining the first language of a deaf child can be done with total communication. Total communication is the most effective communication system because in addition to using a form of communication orally or called oral, the activity of reading, writing, reading utterances, is also equipped with a form of cues. The purpose of this study was to determine the acquisition of language of children with special needs (deaf) in understanding language. Subjects in this study are children with special needs who experience speech impairment (hearing impairment) while the object of this study is focused on only one child, Mila Erdita, a 15-year-old child. This research refers to case studies with descriptive research type. Data collection techniques in this study will be done in three ways, namely; observation techniques, interview techniques, and documentation techniques. In this research, data processing that will be done is to describe the speech data of deaf children to see the acquisition of children's vocabulary. The results of this study indicate that deaf children can obtain a language of total communication using a form of communication orally or called oral, with the activities of reading, writing, reading utterances, also equipped with signs

Parenting, Training, and Schooling

This chapter traces the Zobrests’ decision-making regarding their deaf son Jim’s education from a pediatrician’s diagnosis in Erie, Pennsylvania, through Jim’s early training at the Gertrude A. Barber Center, to the family’s removal to Tucson, so that Jim could attend the Arizona School for the Deaf and the Blind, a public school. The analysis centers on the claims of competing pedagogies in deaf education: American Sign Language and socialization within Deaf culture, identity, and community and mainstreaming through Total Communication, speechreading, and Signed Exact English. The preference for mainstreaming is analyzed in the context of both a parental disposition toward complete social integration of deaf children and in the context of strong parental activism in behalf of enhancing opportunities for deaf children.

Kegiatan Tabligh di Kalangan Penyandang Disabilitas Tunarunungu Wicara

Di Jama’ah Tabligh Al-Latifah Buah Batu terdapat penyandang disabilitas tunarungu wicara. Para mubaligh disana menggunakan cara khusus untuk menyampaikan materi tablighnya kepada penyandang disabilitas dengan menggunakan Bahasa Isyarat dengan pendekatan Komunikasi Total. Adapun tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui proses tabligh terhadap penyandang tunarungu wicara, materi tabligh yang disampakan terhadap penyandang tunarungu dan metode yang dilakukan dalam penyampaian materi tabligh terhadap penyandang tunarungu wicara di Jama’ah Tabligh Al-Latifah Buah Batu. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian dekriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif dengan mengumpulkan, menganalisis data yang menggambarkan situasi kedaan dan hasil temuan lapangan yang bersifat non-hipotesis, selanjutnya mendeskripsikan apa yang dilihat, didengar, dirasakan, dan ditanyakan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kegiatan tabligh pada proses pelakasanaanya menemukan berbagai macam hambatan, Hambatan-hambatan tersebut adalah: (a) Perbedaan Kemampuan dalam Berbahasa Isyarat, (b) Hambatan lainya. Oleh karena itu ada upaya dalam mengatasi hambatan-hambatan, guna mengoptimalkan peyampaian materi menjadi lebih baik lagi : Mempedalam Bahasa Isyarat Komunikasi Total, (b) Pendekatan Secara Psikologis Kata kunci : Tabligh; Tunarungu Wicara; Komunikasi Total. In Jama'ah Tabligh Al-Latifah Buah Batu there are persons with hearing impairments. The preachers there use a special method to convey their material to persons with disabilities using Sign Language using the Total Communication approach. The purpose of this study is to find out how the tabligh process of deaf people is speaking, what material is tabligh delivered to deaf people and how the method is carried out in delivering tabligh material to deaf people in Jama'ah Tabligh Al-Latifah Buah Batu. This research uses descriptive research method with a qualitative approach by collecting, analyzing data describing the situation of the situation and the results of non-hypothesis field findings, then describing what is seen, heard, felt, and asked. The results of this study indicate that tabligh activities in the implementation process find a variety of obstacles, these obstacles are: (a) Differences in Sign Language Ability, (b) Other obstacles. Therefore there are efforts in overcoming obstacles, in order to optimize the delivery of material to be even better: Deepening the Total Communication Sign Language, (b) Psychological Approach. Keywords : Tabligh; Deaf speech; Total Communication.