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A deaf child in the family : a preliminary study of the social-emotional impact of deafness on parenting and family life in Cape Town

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Main Author: Kleintjes, Sharon Rose
Other Authors: Molteno, Chris
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2014
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8579 A deaf child in the family : a preliminary study of the social-emotional impact of deafness on parenting and family life in Cape Town Kleintjes, Sharon Rose Molteno, Chris Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Includes bibliographical references. This study documents hearing parents' experiences of the impact of deafness on raising their deaf children during the preschool years. It focuses on their experience of health services for their child. The study population of 20 children was drawn from parents with children under 6 years of age diagnosed with moderate to profound loss of hearing at the Developmental Ciinic, Red Cross Chiidren’s Hospital, Rondebosch; Cape Town. Data was collected from 2 sources, namely a semi-structured interview, which was analysed for themes, and a questionnaire, which measures parental stress, communication difficuities, and experience of professional support. 2014-10-18T05:46:42Z 2014-10-18T05:46:42Z 2003 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8579 eng application/pdf Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town
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A deaf child in the family : a preliminary study of the social-emotional impact of deafness on parenting and family life in Cape Town
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title A deaf child in the family : a preliminary study of the social-emotional impact of deafness on parenting and family life in Cape Town
title_full A deaf child in the family : a preliminary study of the social-emotional impact of deafness on parenting and family life in Cape Town
title_fullStr A deaf child in the family : a preliminary study of the social-emotional impact of deafness on parenting and family life in Cape Town
title_full_unstemmed A deaf child in the family : a preliminary study of the social-emotional impact of deafness on parenting and family life in Cape Town
title_short A deaf child in the family : a preliminary study of the social-emotional impact of deafness on parenting and family life in Cape Town
title_sort deaf child in the family a preliminary study of the social emotional impact of deafness on parenting and family life in cape town
topic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8579
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