Relations in Public: Hearing Parents and Hearing Impaired Children.

Brown, Susan Hale; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ421385

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Relations in Public: Hearing Parents and Hearing Impaired Children.

Brown, Susan Hale; And Others

Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, v13 n1 p43-61 1990

This ethnographic study observed five hearing-impaired children in public settings with their mothers. It discusses the families' busy schedules, reaction of the mother to her child when out in public, reaction of the mother to strangers, and communication between the hearing-impaired child and institutional figures such as doctors and day care workers. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Child Rearing, Ethnography, Hearing Impairments, Interpersonal Communication, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Parenting Skills, Public Facilities, Qualitative Research, Time Management

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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