Опрос глухих в социологическом исследовании: когнитивные и коммуникативные аспекты

Социология: методология, методы, математическое моделирование. 2019. Т. 49. С. 57–83.

Bolshakov N., Колесников В. В.

Development of an inclusive society challenges researchers to study

representatives of various social groups, including those with unique

cognitive and communicative characteristics. One of these groups is the

deaf and hard of hearing, which differs significantly from other people with

disabilities in cultural and linguistic aspects. This article deals with the

difficulties that sociologists face interviewing the deaf and hard of hearing.

The authors consider the main cognitive and communicative features of this

group that influence the course of questioning, the role of sign language

in the perception of a sociological survey (including in writing form),

analyze the specifics of question-and-answer communication with deaf

respondents, which consists, first of all, of a difficult semantic and contextual

understanding of questions. The authors also describe the specifics of

information perception by respondents with hearing impairments using

specific examples from the researcher practice. Based on expert interviews

and methodological reflections on the results of several empirical studies,

the authors suggest possible ways to improve the quality of communication

between the hearing researcher and the deaf respondent, as well as increase

the validity of the data obtained during the survey.

Keywords: коммуникация, communication, методология проведения опроса, Survey Methodology, русский жестовый язык, deaf and hard of hearing, глухие и слабослышащие, Russian Sign Language