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The DeafBlind Epistemology Scale: Experience, Language, and Identity

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The DeafBlind Episteme Scale was used to examine the perspectives of DeafBlind individuals regarding their identities, lived experiences, and language attitudes. Exploratory factor analysis was applied to analyze the data. Findings revealed that DeafBlind individuals rely on touch to access information through tactile languages. However, barriers to this access can result in communication breakdowns and negative experiences, limiting their ability to navigate audiovisual-centered societies. These challenges shape DeafBlind individuals’ perceptions of their positionalities within society, which were identified as tactile modality, distantism, vidism, and acceptance.

Source: Psychology

DOI: 10.4236/psych.2025.164024

Authors: Sean Ryan Hauschildt, Megan B. Wimberly, Sarah E. Goodwin, Arlinda S. Boland

Institutions: Lamar University, Sam Houston State University

Language: English

Topic: Hearing Impairment and Communication

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4409372187