Project Team
Our Project
Bencie Woll
Chair of Sign Language
Studies, City University
At least 50,000 Deaf people use
British Sign Language (BSL) as a
first language. We estimate 100
BSL users have strokes every year.
Alice Thacker
Senior Research
Fellow in Communication,
St George Medical School
DEAF
STROKE
Jane Marshall
Research Fellow,
City University
Our Project aims to:
Jo Atkinson
Research Psychologist
City University
Contact Deaf people who have
had strokes and have problems
with signing.
Pr o j e c t
Please contact us at:
Test their Sign Language to find
out how the stroke has affected
their communication.
Use MRI scanning to find out
what part of the brain has been
damaged.
Deaf Stroke Project, City University, Dept
of Language & Communication Science,
Northampton Square,
London EC1V 0HB
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Voice:
Fax:
@ E-mail:
020 7477 8891
020 7477 8000 ext 4668
020 7477 8577
j.r.atkinson@city.ac.uk
j.marshall@city.ac.uk
For more information, look at our website at
See if signing can be improved
with language therapy.
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Deaf Stroke Project is a three year project funded
by the Wellcome Trust.
It is a partnership between City University and St
George's Medical School, University of London.
City University
London
St George's Hospital
Medical School
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
What happens when a
Deaf person has a stroke?
What is Stroke?
A stroke happens when the blood
supply to the brain is cut off.
Sign Language and Stroke?
Communication may be
difficult with...
Strokes can make communication
difficult.
Movement
or
CLOT
It may be hard to make the
movements and handshapes
for signing.
...friends
BURST
Either the left or
right side of the
brain may be
damaged.
Thinking of Signs
It may be hard to remember
signs.
What happens next?
The person may not be
able to move one side of
their body or it may be
weak.
...family
...at the deaf club
People with strokes may feel isolated
and low. Usually communication gets
easier with time. We need more
information so we can help Deaf people
with stroke in the future.
Understanding Sign
Language
It may be difficult to
understand other people
signing or fingerspelling.
Maybe their face will droop
or they might dribble.
Do you know a Deaf person
who has had a stroke?
Deaf people with stroke
family members or friends
A person with stroke may
not be able to see on one
side of space and may have
to look out of corner of
eyes to understand a signer
who is straight ahead.
Reading and writing
may be more difficult than
it was before the stroke.
professionals
We would like to hear from you!