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Mothers of Deaf Children in the 21st Century. Dynamic Positioning between the Medical and Cultural-Linguistic Discourses
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Matthijs, Liesbeth; Hardonk, Stefan; Sermijn, Jasmina; Van Puyvelde, Martine; Leigh, Greg; Van Herreweghe, Mieke; Loots, Gerrit – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2017
Traditional research examining the communicational choices made by families with deaf children tends to emanate from the premise that families engage with either of the two grand discourses on deafness (i.e., the medical or cultural-linguistic perspective). This study investigated hearing mother's engagement with the educational options for their…
Descriptors: Deafness, Mothers, Educational Methods, Parent Attitudes
First Information Parents Receive after UNHS Detection of Their Baby's Hearing Loss
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Matthijs, Liesbeth; Loots, Gerrit; Mouvet, Kimberley; Van Herreweghe, Mieke; Hardonk, Stefan; Van Hove, Geert; Van Puyvelde, Martine; Leigh, Greg – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2012
The first information parents receive after referral through Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) has significant consequences for later care-related decisions they take and thus for the future of the child with a hearing loss. In this study, 11 interviews were conducted with a representative sample of Flemish service providers to discover…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Access to Information, Hearing Impairments