Coming to a Decision About Cochlear Implantation: Parents Making Choices for their Deaf Children

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Title: Coming to a Decision About Cochlear Implantation: Parents Making Choices for their Deaf Children
Author/Creator: Hyde, M B | Punch, R | Komesaroff, L
Description: This study combined quantitative and qualitative methods in a sequential approach to investigate the experiences of parents making decisions about cochlear implants for their deaf children. Quantitative findings from a survey instrument completed by 247 parents were extended and elaborated by qualitative findings from in-depth interviews with 27 of the survey respondents. Although parents used a variety of information sources when considering an implant, cochlear implant centers and doctors comprised their major source of information. Most parents found the decision-making process difficult and stressful, but a proportion reported finding the decision easy, believing that there was no other option for their child, and were keen for implantation to proceed as soon as possible. Implications for professionals working with families are discussed.
Relation: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education / Vol. 15, No. 2, pp.162-178
Relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enq004
Year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: FoR 1303 (Specialist Studies in Education) | cochlear implantation | deafness | deaf children

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