Parent-to-Parent Advice: What Can We Learn by Listening to Parents of Deaf Children

Linsay Flowers, Louise Duchesne and Charles Gaucher ()
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Linsay Flowers: School of Social Work, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9, Canada
Louise Duchesne: Speech-Language Pathology Department, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, G8Z 4M3, Canada
Charles Gaucher: School of Social Work, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9, Canada

Societies, 2022, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: Parent-to-parent support is an important component of early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children. In this study, we asked parents of DHH children what advice they would give to new parents in their situation. Seventy-one hearing parents of DDH children living in Canada, Switzerland, France, and Belgium participated in interviews that included the following question: “What advice you would give to parents who just learned that their child is deaf?”. We performed a thematic analysis and developed three overarching themes, revolving around the importance of trust, the need for reassurance, and finally, the quest for help. The findings allow to better understand how parental expertise can be used to improve early intervention services for DHH children.

Keywords: parent of deaf children; deafness; advice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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