Parental Reaction To A Child's Hearing Impairment

Traditionally, parental reactions to a child's hearing loss have been discussed in terms of stages of the mourning process. Although this framework has been helpful in describing parent adjustment, it appears too simple. Parents react in complex ways to their children's disabilities; these...

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Published in:American annals of the deaf (Washington, D.C. 1886) D.C. 1886), 1989-10, Vol.134 (4), p.255-259
Main Author: Kampfe, Charlene M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic advising
Anger
Attitude to Health
Biological and medical sciences
Children
Crisis counseling
Deafness
Deafness - psychology
Disabilities
Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology
Emotions
Guilt
Hearing loss
Humans
Medical sciences
Non tumoral diseases
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Parent-Child Relations
Parents
Parents - psychology
Social classes
Stress, Psychological
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Summary:Traditionally, parental reactions to a child's hearing loss have been discussed in terms of stages of the mourning process. Although this framework has been helpful in describing parent adjustment, it appears too simple. Parents react in complex ways to their children's disabilities; these complexities must be considered when working with families. A model of transition that accounts for individual differences Is used to discuss the potential interaction among variables associated with the mourning process.
ISSN:0002-726X
1543-0375
1543-0375
DOI:10.1353/aad.2012.0682