Surdopedia and adulthood

Hearing impairment or hearing loss affects an increasing number of adults. Hearing deterioration carries the risk of communication and social difficulties. This publication guides readers through the fascinating aspects connected to this topic and offers an explanation of the complex issues surrounding different types of hearing impairment. It provides insight into the lives of individuals with this condition and outlines themes concerning their existence in the hearing world.

The text focuses on the psychosocial aspects of hearing impairment that affect subjective quality of life, such as opportunities for career and professional development, interpersonal relationships, communication barriers, and options for social, family, and partner life. It broaches the subject of audism, the discrimination against people with hearing loss, and the impact of the impairment on mental health. The authors highlight the problems associated with providing psychological and therapeutic help for deaf adults, for whom it can be difficult to find suitable tools for conducting psychological diagnostics. Furthermore, acquiring the Czech language can pose a potential problem for some deaf individuals, which manifests as difficulties in mastering reading and writing. The book also introduces the importance of sign language and points out the obstacles that a sign language interpreter may encounter in their work.

This publication can be beneficial not only for students and experts in the field of special education (especially surdopedagogy), but also for professionals in other helping professions and all readers interested in the issue of hearing impairment. Moreover, a comprehensive text of this nature has not yet been published in our country.