Abstract
Objective
to understand the potencialities and the limits in the daily training of undergraduate students in the health care of the deaf person.
Method
it is a qualitative and interpretative study, based on Comprehensive and Daily Sociology, involving 18 students from a federal university in the South of Brazil of the undergraduate courses in Nursing, Pharmacy, Speech Therapy, Medicine, Nutrition, Dentistry and Psychology. The sources of evidence were individual interviews developed from October to November 2019. The data analysis involved preliminary analysis, ordering, key links, coding and categorization.
Results
the potencialities in the daily training of students in health care of the deaf person are shown in the communication institute, the techno-sociality in care and the communicating in Libras and being able to integrate with the deaf community. The limits are shown in the models and training practices not inclusive, the impersonality of interpretation and lack of technical specificity in the Libras (Brazilian sign language) discipline.
Conclusion and implications for practice
it is concluded that there is a need to reflect on the curricula of health courses, providing the inclusion of health care for deaf people in order to enable students to act at different levels of complexity.
Keywords:
Deafness; Hearing-Impaired people; Students; Everyday Life Activities; Health Care