Larysa Zavgorodnia

Projects

• digilinguo: Overcoming language barriers in public institutions / Team member / ongoing
• Digital Opportunities Promoting Inclusion in Academia: Focusing deaf and hard-of-hearing students / Team member / completed
• Linguistic and occupational therapy support for augmentative and alternative communication in young adults / Team member / completed
• Proposal and Implementation of a Swiss Centre for Barrier-Free Communication / Team member / completed

Publications

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Hohenstein, C., Hübscher, I., & Zavgorodnia, L. (2025). Auditive Barrieren und Unterstützte Kommunikation in inklusiven Bildungsmedien. In C. Ott & B. M. Bock (eds.), Verständlichkeit – Zugänglichkeit – Barrierefreiheit : sprachbezogene Rezeptionsherausforderungen und Inklusionspotenziale von Bildungsmedien (pp. 217–238). Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36043

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Hohenstein, C., & Zavgorodnia, L. (2023). Accessibility and inclusion? : reshaping academic communication using visual-gestural modality. 18th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA), Brussels, Belgium, 9-14 July 2023.
• Hohenstein, C., & Zavgorodnia, L. (2021). The role of sign language in tertiary education [Conference paper]. In S. J. Jekat, S. Puhl, L. Carrer, & A. Lintner (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd Swiss conference on barrier-free communication (BfC 2020) (pp. 14–23). ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3001
• Hohenstein, C., & Zavgorodnia, L. (2021, July 8). Inclusive and barrier-free tertiary education for deaf and hearing-impaired persons in Switzerland. 23rd International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED): The Power of Connection, Brisbane, Australia, 5-8 July 2021.
• Hohenstein, C., & Zavgorodnia, L. (2020). Inclusive schooling paving the road to higher education. Conference Proceedings.
• Hohenstein, C., Zavgorodnia, L., Näf, M., Rodríguez Vázquez, S., Bouillon, P., & Strasly, I. (2018). Status quo of inclusive access to higher education : a focus on deaf and hearing-impaired individuals in german-speaking Switzerland [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the Second Barrier-Free Communication Conference 2018, 9-10 November 2018, Geneva, Switzerland, 47–50. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4919
• Hohenstein, C., Zavgorodnia, L., Näf, M., Bouillon, P., Rodríguez Vázquez, S., & Strasly, I. (2018). Status quo of inclusive access to higher education : a focus on deaf and hearing-impaired individuals in Switzerland. Proceedings of the Second Barrier-Free Communication Conference 2018, Geneva, 9-10 November 2018.
• Rodríguez Vázquez, S., Bouillon, P., Strasly, I., Hohenstein, C., Zavgorodnia, L., & Näf, M. (2018). Roadblocks to inclusive education and career development for people with hearing impairments in french and italian speaking Switzerland [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the Second Barrier-Free Communication Conference 2018, Geneva, 9-10 November 2018, 89–92.
• Hohenstein, C., & Zavgorodnia, L. (2018, October). Bildungszugänge mit Gebärdensprache(n) für Gehörlose und Hörbeeinträchtigte. 13. Internationale Tagung zur Funktionalen Pragmatik, Winterthur, 4.-6. Oktober 2018.

Other publications

Delorme Benites, A., & Zavgorodnia, L. (2022). La traduction automatique pour les cas d’urgence : un guide pour la communication français-ukrainien-russe. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-24800

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Hohenstein, C., & Zavgorodnia, L. (2025, June). Between ‘non-normative’ and ‘differently normative’ communication : sign language-mediated communication in lectures. 19th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA), Brisbane, Australia, 22-27 June 2025.
• Zavgorodnia, L. (2024, March 1). Fachkommunikation in visueller Modalität : Hochschulunterricht mit Gebärdensprach- und Schriftdolmetschen. 7. Forschungstagung “Fachkommunikation – die wissenschaftliche Sicht”, Hildesheim, Deutschland, 1. März 2024.

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