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- Title
PSYCHOSOCIAL CONCERNS AMONG PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT.
- Authors
Sreekumar, Sita; L., Rejitha Kumari; Nair, Lekha. S.; Joseph, Jumin Mary
- Abstract
Managing psychosocial needs of parents of children with hearing impairment (HI) is an important aspect that needs to be looked into for achieving optimum outcome from interventions like Early Intervention Programme(EIP). Parents face many serious psychosocial issues, which negatively influence the outcome of interventions. The aim of this study was to understand the psychosocial factors hindering the progress of children with HI undergoing EIP. In-depth interviewing was conducted to explore the parent's perspectives on factors hindering adequate progress of their children. The study identified four major psychosocial concerns that prevented the parents from focussing and providing best inputs for their children's intervention programmeme. The factors as perceived by the parents were inadequate family support, imbalance in the emotional status of parent, lack of awareness on supportive services and financial constraints. In countries like India, living with several psychosocial concerns poses a significant challenge for parents with children, having hearing impairment. The need for the support and intervention of a professional team and strengthening of the parent support group, to empower parents to undertake this responsibility is discussed.
- Publication
Loyola Journal of Social Sciences, 2019, Vol 33, Issue 2, p21
- ISSN
0971-4960
- Publication type
Academic Journal