Analyzing and Discovering the Challenges of Raising a Child with Hearing Loss from the Perspective of Parents with Normal Hearing and the Adolescents with Hearing Loss: A Pilot Study

Aghaziarati, Ali; Ashori, Mohammad; Norouzi, Ghasem

doi:10.52547/jfr.17.2.283

Analyzing and Discovering the Challenges of Raising a Child with Hearing Loss from the Perspective of Parents with Normal Hearing and the Adolescents with Hearing Loss: A Pilot Study

Document Type : علمی - پژوهشی

Authors

Ali Aghaziarati ¹

Mohammad Ashori ²

Ghasem Norouzi ³

¹ Ph.D. student of Psychology and Education of People with Special Needs, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

² Department of Psychology and Education of People with Special Needs, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Education of People with Special Needs, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

10.52547/jfr.17.2.283

Abstract

Adolescents with hearing loss are one of the most important groups of people with special needs that doing research about them is rare and sometimes have conflicting results. The purpose of this study was to analyze and explore the challenges of raising a child with hearing loss from the perspective of parents with normal hearing and the adolescents with hearing loss based on the Grounded theory. The sample was consisted of 10 adolescents with hearing loss and 15 hearing parents with hearing loss adolescents. They were selected by the theoretical and purposeful sampling method from the Tehran Deaf Family Association in 2021. The data was collected through the in-depth semi-structured interviews until theoretical sat-uration and were analyzed by theoretical coding (open, axial and selective coding). Based on the results, the open codes were around 103 concepts, the core codes were including 15 concepts, and the selected codes were including four concepts which they were identified and extracted under the headings of factors related to the parents, adolescents, family and society. According to the obtained results, it is very important to pay special attention to the leading challenges in raising a child with hearing loss.

Keywords

Adolescents

Hearing loss

Parenting

Grounded theory