Maltreatment of Children with Hearing Impairment: An Exploratory Study
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kumar, R.S. (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Astatkie, Fitsum | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-04T06:02:39Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-10T13:01:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-01-04T06:02:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-10T13:01:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study attempted to explore the maltreatment of children with hearing impairment. Data were collected from five children with hearing impairment and two parents of them. All the respondents are residing in Addis Ababa. Interview guide and focus group discussion guide were developed and used to conduct interview and focus group discussions systematically. The data were analyzed exclusively qualitatively. The attempt also made to describe the extent to which maltreatment affected the development of children under investigation, revealed that children who had experienced maltreatment assumed to have developed disrupted growth and development. Adverse effects have also been identified in maltreated children's physical, cognitive, emotional and social, and academic development. It could also be presumed that maltreatment had not only immediate impact but also long lasting effect on the holistic development of children with hearing impairment. Their psychosocial development could be assumed impaired greatly. Poverty, stress, poor relationship among the family, having unhappy family, parental conflict and violence were hypothesized to be the major causes of maltreatment. Finally, an attempt has been made to investigate whether children's hearing impairment lead them to be abused. The findings showed that the participants were maltreated due to their hearing impairment leading to infer that hearing impairment could be assumed a major causative factor for abuse. Establishing sound early parent-child interaction, promoting peer interaction, providing information to enable children with hearing impairment to better prepare to resist abusive actions, and acquainting parents/ caregivers with the developmental stages of children, training in sign language and the need for conducting further research are among the major points that are recommended to break the cycle of maltreatment. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/15540 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Children with Hearing Impairment | en_US |
| dc.title | Maltreatment of Children with Hearing Impairment: An Exploratory Study | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |