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

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

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

Other publications

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

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

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

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