Deaf Parents’ Life Experiences About Their Hearing Children

Year 2024, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 32 - 55, 30.06.2024

Serpil Yıldız Çoksan Aynur Bütün Ayhan Şahin Karabulut

https://doi.org/10.33817/muhakeme.1486768

Abstract

This study aimed to understand and explore the experiences of deaf parents who have hearing parents by examining in depth their experiences while raising their hearing children. To do this, we conducted in-depth interviews with four deaf parents (four mothers and four fathers) using Turkish Sign Language. Interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed four main themes: (a) concern about the child, (b) need for social support, (c) communication, and (d) access to information sources. All these themes indicated that deaf parents in Türkiye have difficulty communicating in hearing society, have problems receiving public services through sign language, and experience prenatal and postnatal anxiety about their children because they have difficulty accessing suitable sources of information. We discussed the findings in the context of Türkiye's policies towards the Deaf community and the types of intervention Programs that may be suitable to be implemented in the future.

Keywords

Parenting in Deaf families, Turkish Sign Language, Deaf in Türkiye, Deaf parents with hearing children

Ethical Statement

This research was approved by Ankara University Ethics Committee.

Thanks

We would like to thank Dr. Sami Çoksan, who provided feedback on the first version and strengthened our paper, and the families who participated in our research.

Sağır Yetişkinlerin İşiten Çocuklarına İlişkin Yaşam Deneyimleri

Abstract

Bu çalışma, işiten ebeveynleri olan sağır ebeveynlerin, işiten çocuklarını yetiştirirken yaşadıkları deneyimleri derinlemesine inceleyerek, deneyimlerini keşfetmeyi ve anlamayı amaçlamıştır. Bunun için dört sağır ebeveynle (dört anne ve dört baba) Türk İşaret Dili kullanılarak derinlemesine yarı-yapılandırılmış görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Yorumlayıcı fenomenolojik analiz bulguları, görüşmelerde dört ana temanın varlığını ortaya çıkarmıştır: (a) çocukla ilgili endişeler, (b) sosyal destek ihtiyacı, (c) iletişim ve (d) bilgi kaynaklarına erişim. Tüm bu temalar, Türkiye'deki sağır ebeveynlerin işiten toplum ile iletişim kurmakta zorlandıklarını, işaret dili aracılığıyla kamu hizmetlerinden yararlanmada sorun yaşadıklarını, uygun bilgi kaynaklarına erişimde zorlandıkları için çocukları hakkında doğum öncesi ve doğum sonrası kaygı yaşadıklarını göstermiştir. Bulgular Türkiye'nin Sağır toplumuna yönelik politikaları ve gelecekte uygulanması uygun olabilecek müdahale programı türleri bağlamında tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

Sağır ailelerde ebevenylik, Türk İşaret Dili, Türkiye'de Sağırlık, sağır ebeveynler, sağır ebeveynlerin deneyimleri

Ethical Statement

Bu araştırma Ankara Üniversitesi Etik Kurul Başkanlığı'nca onaylanmıştır.

Thanks

İlk versiyonuna geribildirim vererek araştırmanın güçlenmesini sağlayan Dr. Sami Çoksan’a ve araştırmamıza katılan ailelere teşekkür ederiz.

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