Pediatric welcome to children listen to children of deaf countries

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
09
Article ID: 
15963
6 pages
Research Article

Pediatric welcome to children listen to children of deaf countries

Vanessa Arifa Tigre and Maria Antonieta Pereira Tigre Almeida

Abstract: 

Introduction: Parents who are deaf and hearing-impaired go through various difficulties when they need care for their child in some public sector. In health it is no different, many professionals are not able to provide care to the hearing child daughter of deaf parents, creating a barrier in communication and thus difficult the reception in an effective way. Objective: To verify the pediatric reception of the hearing child of deaf parents. Methodology: This is an exploratory, descriptive study of a qualitative approach carried out with 14 families belonging to a support group of a public school and linked to health services in the city of Vitória da Conquista - BA, which his family group children listeners daughters of deaf parents. The information was collected through guided semi-structured interviews and the data were analyzed through the Bardin content analysis technique. Results: All the participants of the study reported difficulties in communicating with the professionals and also in understanding the orientations passed by them, thus presenting indignation for a lack of communicability. The main tool used to have this communication between them is related to an accompanying person, who can intermediate this communication, however it brings to the deaf the feeling of impotence and incapacity. Most of them report having a minor assistance quality to their children, when compared the children of the other parents. Conclusion: It was possible to notice that there are regulations that aim to welcome the deaf person, however, it is noted that their use in practice is still in the process of being built, and that there is an improvement in this assistance, there is a need for greater capacity building these professionals.

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