Dostęp osób niesłyszących i niedosłyszących do informacji w czasie pandemii COVID-19 w Polsce
Access to Information of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Summary/Abstract: The paper is a report on the research I carried out in 2021 among the d/Deaf. As part of the studies, 15 individual in-depth interviews were conducted. I also analyzed the statements of d/Deaf taking part in on-line debate entitled “Barriers of hard of hearing persons during the pandemic”. The subjects of my interests were the persons’ functioning problems which: appeared in COVID-19 pandemic, became more visible during that time, or which took on a new dimension during the pandemic. In this paper, I focused on the issues such as access to information for the d/Deaf, and especially the role of the media in this process. The persons I studied in my research, especially at the beginning of the pandemics, experienced the deterioration of life quality, also in terms of information access, which in the face of various types of threats is particularly desirable. On the other hand, the pandemic situation, according to some of the persons I studied, contributed to the availability increase of media coverage for deaf and hard of hearing persons, which, in my opinion, will positively influence the process of their integration in society.

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