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CSD 3000 DEAFNESS IN SOCIETY

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

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CSD 3000 DEAFNESS IN SOCIETY

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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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