청각장애인 가족 유형에 따른 청소년 자녀의 경험 분석

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to look into the experiences of adolescent children by hearing impaired family types and find ways to support their needs. The research was carried out targeting 7 adolescent children; three of them are hearing children living with deaf-deaf parents(DD-H), one deaf child living with deaf-deaf parents (DD-D), and the other three deaf children living with hearing-hearing parents(HH-D). The researcher conducted half-structured tests and in-depth interviews on them. The research findings are as in the following. First, the experiences of the children in early childhood showed differences depending on whether or not they have hearing impairment. In the case of hearing children, they were raised by their relatives apart from their deaf-deaf parents for their spoken language acquisition. They had been teased or shunned by their friends because they used sign language. Second, in terms of communication with their family, the way of communication was decided by their parents. DD-H and DD-D used sign language, HH-D oral method. The differences of the way of communication could have an adverse effect on the interaction between parents and children. Third, when it comes to the experiences in school, HH-D who went to an ordinary school had difficulties in studying without any support for special education. When exploring careers and choose a career path in adolescence, DD-H had preference for a job related to his/her parents. In contrast, hearing impaired children preferred challenging what they were interested in. The hearing children and the hearing impaired children have a difference in the ways they use their out-of-school time. DD-H studies at private institutes after school, whereas hearing impaired children stay at home or participate in extracurricular activities such as religion activities.