The Role of Communication in Building Social relations with Deaf Persons

Abstract

The communication isolation to which deaf people are exposed often
influences the building of social relations and determines their social position.
The paper presents research on the position of deaf people caused by
communication and social factors. The sample consisted of deaf (n=127) and
hearing (n=99) respondents. In the evaluation of the results was used
descriptive and factor analysis. The research isolated communication
discriminatory factors and factors of discrimination in the evaluation of social
functions, based on which it can be concluded that communication plays a key
role in building social relations of deaf people, but also that their position is
conditioned stereotypical and discriminatory attitudes of the hearing
environment.