MUSIC IN EVERYDAY'S DEAF PEOPLE: CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES FOR THE WORK OF THE MUSIC EDUCATOR AND MUSIC THERAPIST

Abstract

Deaf people, historically, suffer an educational, social and cultural exclusion in our society. On the other hand, the deaf community shows commitment in the construction of knowledge, in the discussions about the cultural, artistic and didactic singularities that involve this group. With this in mind, the aim of the research was to investigate the importance of music in the daily lives of deaf people. For this, a questionnaire was applied, with open and closed questions using the Google Forms tool. The work was submitted to and approved by the Ethics Committee / Plataforma Brasil and can be found at 80787617.0.0000.0094. The target audience was deaf people over 18 years of age who agreed with the informed consent form. 47 responses were computed and analyzed. Based on a reflection of the research results, can be noticed the need to elaborate and adapt methods and techniques of music therapy and education music, which emphasize the preferences and ways of experiencing music punctuated by the participants. And, in this way, instrumentalize music therapists and music educators, to attend deaf people, providing a better relationship between this subject and music and their insertion in society.