The educational psychological effect of the cochlear implant on the hearing-impaired child's family
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Bezuidenhout, Elsie Petronella
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2001-01
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The cochlear implant represents a radical intervention in the hearing-impaired child's life, which has a profound influence on the feelings and emotions of the child's family. In this study it is endeavoured to identify and to describe this influence. A literature study was done. Families of implanted children in Scotland and in South Africa filled in questionnaires and interviews were held. This study illuminates the fact that parents
suffer stress and have various concerns before as well as after the implant. Different reasons why parents decide to give their child a cochlear implant are described. The researcher came to the conclusion that the implanted child functions in a more balanced way and that parents are very satisfied after the implantation. The effect of the implant is described under the following categories: communication, feelings of parents, effect on the deaf child, normality, effect on parents, effect on siblings.
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Bezuidenhout, Elsie Petronella (2001) The educational psychological effect of the cochlear implant on the hearing-impaired child's family, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18090>