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A deaf child in the family : a preliminary study of the social-emotional impact of deafness on parenting and family life in Cape Town

Includes bibliographical references. / This study documents hearing parents' experiences of the impact of deafness on raising their deaf children during the preschool years. It focuses on their experience of health services for their child. The study population of 20 children was drawn from parents with children under 6 years of age diagnosed with moderate to profound loss of hearing at the Developmental Ciinic, Red Cross Chiidren’s Hospital, Rondebosch; Cape Town. Data was collected from 2 sources, namely a semi-structured interview, which was analysed for themes, and a questionnaire, which measures parental stress, communication difficuities, and experience of professional support.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/8579
Date January 2003
CreatorsKleintjes, Sharon Rose
ContributorsMolteno, Chris
PublisherUniversity of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMaster Thesis, Masters, MPhil
Formatapplication/pdf

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