This book explores and analyses 150 in-depth interviews with hearing impaired people, including eleven couples in committed relationships where one partner is hearing and the other hearing impaired. Detailed information was obtained about the way each couple managed conflict, decision making, household chores, communication, and perceived the hearing impairment within their relationship. Five major strands emerged: intimate family relationships, social support networks, communication strategies, the nature of care and recommendations for social policy. It draws from the fields of family therapy, marital therapy, counselling, family sociology, social policy, psychology and linguistics, as well as disability and deafness. Is aimed at professionals who would like to work more effectively with deaf and hearing impaired people. Although not a "How to Cope" book, it will also interest hearing impaired people themselves because of the enormous number of insights offered.
Paperback 200 pages 2001 |
