KOHESIO · Q7525500 · CY

Experiences in the Nature of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adults

Introduction: Nature and its sounds promote stress relief in hearing people and it is the combination of visual and auditory stimuli that leads to this recovery, These benefits persist even in VR nature environments, however, there is no prior knowledge of whether deaf and hard of hearing receive similar benefits from nature, Purpose: The proposed project will examine for the first time the experiences that deaf people have in nature and compare them with those of the listeners. (1) It will be the first work to explore how deaf people experience nature, opening new avenues in the fields of De…

Co-funding: the EU contributes €60k toward a total project cost of €100k — a co-funding rate of 60%, with the remainder covered by national, regional or private sources.

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