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Parental Crisis of Children With Hearing Impairment as a Result of Social Conditions

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The scientific objective of this article is to present the phenomenon of parental crisis in context of children with disabilities in the perspective of interpreting the phenomenon of deafness.THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The main research problem was: What actions contribute to the construction of support networks among parents of children with hearing disabilities attending mainstream schools? The research method used is action research. The article presents an analysis of one of the applied research techniques - biographical gamesTHE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The phenomenon of parents’crisis of children with hearing impairments was analyzed from the perspective of interpretive models of deafness: medical and socio-cultural.RESEARCH RESULTS: The analysis of the research material focused on the meanings given to own parenthood by parents of children with hearing impairments and the difficulties they encounter in this area. In consequence, the following categories emerged: striving for speech, perseverance, dedication, and social misunderstanding, which are significant for the parent’s experience of personal values crisis and real crisis.CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPLICABLE VALUE OF RESEARCH: The hearing impairment of the examined children has an impact on the functioning of their family systems but does not directly determine the experienced crises. Attitudes of the social environment appear to be more significant in this area. Parental awareness aligns with the socio-cultural model of deafness, while their social experiences are associated with the medical model.

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