Proposta de desenvolvimento de produto para a acessibilidade de pessoas surdas nos exames de tomografia computadorizada

Abstract

The deaf community is often faced with the lack of accessibility to essential services in their daily lives, mainly due to communication difficulties. As in many other areas, this difficulty is also present in access to health. It is also worth noting the performance of CT scans, where inadequate communication brings complications that both impair the diagnosis and can expose the patient to a higher dose of radiation than necessary. Due to this, the objective of the research is the production of a pilot video-tutorial, with which the professional of radiological techniques can instruct the deaf person before the cranial and thoracic tomography scans, indicating the necessary commands for their execution. For this, a methodological study was carried out, with a qualitative approach to the facts, based on a literary and documentary review on the subject and the examination protocols. The results obtained point to the unpreparedness of the available information, with visual and intuitive content, for the performance of the exams, as well as the unpreparedness of the professionals for the assistance and explanation of the exam for the deaf. As a result, a pilot video tutorial for the deaf was produced, which was presented in the article through screen captures (prints) of the final stretches of the video. It is concluded that, in view of the importance of Computed Tomography for the efficient promotion of health, promoting accessibility to the deaf population, the pilot tutorial exercises an important communication link between professional and patient, and proposes for further studies the continuous development of videos with their clinical validation and grouping of applications.