Deaf Parents and hearing Children Study

I found a study on Deaf parents and their hearing children. The study focuses on the range of difficulties that deaf parents may experience with their hearing children, and why those difficulties exist.  The studies focus on thirteen families. There were several issues that arouse in the discussions of the thirteen families.  The discussion is very explicit. One couple worried since their children could hear, would they hear them having sex, when they couldn’t. The study is broken down into several discussions on different topics such as relationships, finances, access and availability. I found this interesting because the parents all had valid issues that were similar.

I remember reading in one of the chapters in our text, discussing family support groups and how families feel comfortable learning from other families in similar situations as theirs. This is exciting to connect because I feel like support groups or discussion groups can be helpful when dealing with people in similar situations.

  The families’ conversations on access and information seemed similar because the parents were frustrated on the lack of information for Deaf parents and hearing children. The author suggest that more studies should be done to understand the difficulties that deaf parents face and the resources available to them.

The article is below is a very interesting. What do you take from this article?

http://deafstudiestrust.org/files/pdf/reports/Deaf%20Parents%20and%20their%20Hearing%20Children1997.pdf