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Life trajectories of university graduates with hearing impairments: exploratory study of significant aspects to labor inclusion

Authors

  • Romina Godoy
  • Javiera Mella
  • Natalia Núñez
  • Mª Paz Roselló
  • Leslie Tapia
  • Ximena Toro
  • Rodrígo Sepúlveda

Abstract

This study aims to know the meaningful aspects to the process of labor inclusion to two college graduates with several hypoacusis in the Metropolitan Region, through interviews focused on job performance to advance the understanding of strategies to improve employment opportunities for this population. It is an exploratory, retrospective and transversal study. It has designed a semistructured interview, previously requesting informed consent, for to collect the data. The interview covers their life trajectories focuses on job performance. They are identified as respects the following categories: nuclear family, family of origin, hearing loss, educational performance, work performance and their social support network. As a result of the former to emerge the importance of cultural and economic capital, personal strategies to access oral information, the source of the deficit, the degree of interaction required in their current jobs, among others.

Keywords:

material respects, work disability, hearing loss, including lab.