Research Colloquium on Deaf Well-Being and Deaf Culture

Measuring Deaf Subjective Well-Being: Test Accommodation and Validation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale
by Royce A. Hernandez

A paper-and-pencil test adaptation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, et. al, 1985) was carried out to measure the level of Subjective Well-Being of 123 Deaf college students. Test accommodation through an analysis and rewording of the original instrument was done with a slight improvement in the deaf readability and grade level equivalence. The adapted instrument obtained an acceptable reliability index indicating suitable internal consistency. Furthermore, results of CFA through SEM reveal that the instrument shows significant item-factor loadings and construct validity. The developed Satisfaction with Life Scale-Deaf is recommended for research use among Deaf respondents.



Learning Session: Deaf Culture in Classroom and Brief Overview on Deaf Issues
by Victoria Sakilayan and Ariscel Lobo

Deaf culture is really unique and special; a capitalized “D” represents the identity of Deaf individuals. Deaf people love to preserve their culture. Deaf culture involves their rights, needs and more. To be able to be accepted in their culture, one must know everything about their culture. If the parents find out that their child has a hearing loss, high stress experience can arise from it. It’s true, many parents experience this stress. Some even think “why is my child Deaf?” At first, they do not accept the fact that their child is deaf, but later on they do.

Some deaf individuals assume that they are part of the hearing world through use of residual hearing and some assume that they are culturally deaf or they have identity as a Deaf. Some deaf consider themselves bicultural since they are in both sides.

This session will provide information about the Deaf culture inside the classroom and hopefully, the audience will open their eyes on the culture and issues of Deaf individuals.