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Coping with Deafness: Family Dynamics and Psychosocial Impact

Explore the psychosocial aspects of acquired hearing loss, including the characteristics, psychological effects, and family dynamics. Understand the impact on communication, social efficiency, and stigma. Learn how deaf parents navigate parenting challenges and the child's language development, self-concept, and social growth.

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Coping with Deafness: Family Dynamics and Psychosocial Impact

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  1. CSD 3000DEAFNESS IN SOCIETY Topic 5 FAMILY DYNAMICS When an Adult is Deaf

  2. Psychosocial Aspects of Acquired Hearing Loss • Characteristics of acquired hearing loss • Gradual and progessive • A problem of comprehension rather than acuity • Listening in noise • Can no longer listen passively • Following and remembering details of conversation • Denial • Stress

  3. Response to the Initial Diagnosis • Expect the results • Can still feel • Sad • Worried • Fear • Disappointment • Anger

  4. Psychological Effects • Reactive vs proactive • Denial • Uncertainty • Frustration • Anger • stress

  5. Other Issues • Effect of hearing loss on the transmission of the message • Reactions from listeners

  6. Other Issues • Effect of hearing loss on the family • Sociological effects • Interference of social efficiency • stigma

  7. Deaf Parents with Hearing Children

  8. Parenting • Historically viewed as poor parents • Poor parent-child models from their own families and from residential programs • Crittenden and Bonvillian (1984) • Rea, Bonvillian, and Richards (1988)

  9. Child Development Issues • Language Development • Oransky and Bonvillian (1985) • Self Concept • Social Development • Mallory, Schein, and Zingle (1992)

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