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Developing communication skills in deaf primary school pupils: Introducing and evaluating the smiLE approach

Many profoundly deaf signers have difficulty communicating with hearing people. This article describes a therapy called ‘Strategies and Measurable Interaction in Live English’ (smiLE; Schamroth and Threadgill, 2007a), an approach used to teach deaf children skills to become successful communicators in real-life situations. This study evaluates the effectiveness of smiLE in helping deaf pupils develop their ability to make successful requests in a specific communication situation and whether this generalized to another communication situation. Sixteen severely and profoundly deaf primary school pupils (7.2—11.0 years old) received an 11-week programme of therapy. Their performances in a trained and an untrained communication situation were compared pre- and post-therapy. In the trained task, the pupils’ interactions improved significantly. No differences were found in the untrained task, suggesting that the learnt skills did not generalize. Anecdotal findings suggest that some carry-over into a similar situation had occurred and that trained skills were maintained. The smiLE therapy approach is effective in providing deaf children with the communication skills and confidence to interact with English speakers in targeted situations. The lack of generalization of these skills to similar situations may be overcome by a longer therapy programme that specifically promote these skills across different situations

The Effect of Orthodontic Appliances on the Evaluation of the Professionalism and Esthetics of an Adult Employee

This study explored the influence of fixed and removable orthodontic appliances on participants’ ratings of the job performance, intelligence, and attractiveness of an adult female. Ninety-four adult subjects were recruited from the Graduate School of Management at Marquette University. Each subject received an identical employee performance review with an attached photograph of a female employee. The smile of the photo was manipulated to represent one of four conditions: no orthodontic appliance, a metal orthodontic appliance, a ceramic orthodontic appliance, or a clear aligner. Subjects then rated the employee on three continuous Likert scales. Ratings of job performance, intelligence, and attractiveness were not correlated. There were no significant differences between the types of orthodontic appliance for overall ratings of job performance, intelligence, and attractiveness. However, when analyzed by the subject’s gender, there was a significant interaction between gender and type of orthodontic appliance pictured for intelligence ratings. Female respondents rated the photos with the metal appliance with lower intelligence than the photo with the clear aligner while male respondents answered in the opposite manner. Background facial attractiveness may be a better predictor than smile esthetics of the psychosocial ratings of individuals. However, both gender and the presence or absence of an orthodontic appliance can influence assessments of perceived intelligence or similar qualities in the workplace

The Subaltern in Wide Sargasso Sea, Voyage in the Dark and Smile Please by Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys was interested in portraying the unexplored in the character of a Creole woman. Her novels Wide Sargasso Sea and Voyage in the Dark, as well as her unfinished autobiography Smile Please employ the notion of difference as the main motif: the difference in race, gender, social position or place of birth – all of which makes the Creoles the subaltern in comparison with the ruling class. The subalterns do not have the right to tell their stories- the dominant culture takes away their voice and reshapes their stories. The position of the Creole, where they are placed in the “limbo”, between the colonizers and the colonized makes them unfamiliar, strange, and almost animal-like in the eyes of the British. However, in the 20th century, although being Creole was bad enough, being Creole woman was even worse- they were presented as unchaste and intemperate. They express the desire to go black, to belong to the native communities; however that is impossible due to their socioeconomic status. On the other hand, they cannot pass as white, since the British society perceives them as lesser humans, due to their peculiar accent and the possibility that they are of mixed race. Their bodies are commodified, they are perceived almost as slave-women, the marionettes, the zombies, unable to control their destinies, waiting to be awakened by a memory of their homeland. Rhys, as a Creole woman herself, was, too, ambiguous and conflictive regarding her identity and her nationality. The question of the difference and sense of belonging prompted her to discuss the position of the Creole women and their place in the society of the 20th century, as well as represent the space that is “there somewhere”, unfamiliar to the British. Critical of the imperialism and the way the imperialistic powers perceived those that were placed above the familiarity of their known world and sphere, she presents the stories of the Creole women and gives them the ability to speak

Contrasting Experimentally Device-Manipulated and Device-Free Smiles.

Researchers in psychology have long been interested in not only studying smiles, but in examining the downstream effects of experimentally manipulated smiles. To experimentally manipulate smiles unobtrusively, participants typically hold devices (e.g., pens or chopsticks) in their mouths in a manner that activates the muscles involved in smiling. Surprisingly, despite decades of research using these methods, no study has tested to what degree these methods activate the same muscles as more natural, device-free smiles. Our study fills this gap in the literature by contrasting the magnitude of muscle activation in device-free smiles against the popular chopstick/pen manipulation. We also contrast these methods against the Smile Stick, a new device specifically designed to manipulate smiles in a comfortable and hygienic fashion. One hundred fifty-nine participants each participated in three facial expression manipulations that were held for 1 min: smile manipulation via Smile Stick, smile manipulation via chopsticks, and device-free smile. Facial electromyography was used to measure the intensity of the activation of the two main types of muscles involved in genuine, Duchenne smiling: the orbicularis oculi (a muscle group around the eyes) and the zygomaticus major (a muscle group in the cheeks). Furthermore, following each manipulation, participants rated their experience of the manipulation (i.e., comfort, fatigue, and difficulty), experienced affect (positive and negative), and levels of arousal. Results indicated that the Smile Stick and chopsticks performed equally across all measurements. Device-free smiles were rated as most comfortable but also the most fatiguing, and procured the greatest levels of positive affect and lowest levels of negative affect. Furthermore, device-free smiles resulted in significantly higher levels of both zygomaticus major (by ∼40%) and orbicularis oculi (by ∼15%) muscle activation than either the Smile Stick or chopsticks. The two devices were not different from each other in muscle activation. This study reveals that while device-free smiling procures the greatest changes in muscle activation and affect change, smiling muscle groups are activated by device manipulations, and expected changes in affect do occur, albeit to a lesser degree than device-free smiling. It also indicates that the Smile Stick is an acceptable and comparable alternative to disposable chopsticks

Oh How I Miss You To-Night

[Verse 1]The days are so long, seems ev’ry thing’s wrong.For now I’m alone and blue, I still love you dear, I wish you were here, Come back and forgive please do. [Verse 2]Altho’ you are gone, still love lingers on,I just can’t believe it’s true, Awake or sleep, my though seem to creep, right back to the days spent with you [Verse 3]The days are are so long, seems ev’ry thing’s wrong, For I’m all alone and blue, Oh mother of mine, for you how I pine,The nighttime brings mem’ries of you. [Refrain]Oh, how I miss you tonight! Miss you while light are low,Oh, how I need your tonight! More than you’ll ever know I made believe for awhile, Hiding each tear with a smile,But my heart won’t stop aching, please keep it from breaking, Oh pal how I miss you tonight! Oh, how I miss you tonight! Miss you while the lights are low,Oh, how I need you tonight! I was a fool just to roam, Leaving you there all alone, For there isn’t another, Another like Mother, Old pal I miss you tonight

Sandy Jordan

[Excerpt] After 28 years, Sandy Jordan is saying goodbye to her career at ILR on August 31, 2006. Sandy started out in ILR in 1978 as an administrative assistant working on a small grant administered by Prof. Robert Doherty and Prof. Ronald Donovan. She had been laid off from the local telephone company and was desperately searching for another job when Mary Tucker off ered her the position mainly because Sandy “happened to be the only applicant that did not remind Mary of her mother.” During the summer of 1978, she applied for and was offered a position in the ILR Extension Division Fiscal Office working for David Stotz and Merle Hayes. She worked in the Extension Fiscal Office until June 1991 when she transferred to the ILR Human Resources Office working with Pam Strausser and Gail Hendrix and has remained in the HR office ever since. After retiring, Sandy plans to ride off into the sunset on a big orange motorcycle

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 1998

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