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Nicastri, Maria; Giallini, Ilaria; Ruoppolo, Giovanni; Prosperini, Luca; de Vincentiis, Marco; Lauriello, Maria; Rea, Monica; Traisci, Gabriella; Mancini, Patrizia – Journal of Early Intervention, 2021
Deaf children with cochlear implants (CIs) need a supportive family environment to facilitate language development. The present study was designed to assess the effects of parent training (PT) on enhancing children's communication development. The PT was based on the "It Takes Two to Talk" model, with specific adaptations for families of…
Descriptors: Deafness, Assistive Technology, Hearing Impairments, Family Environment
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Levinger, Miriam; Allassad Alhuzail, Nuzha – American Annals of the Deaf, 2018
The authors examine parenting stress and coping strategies and their relation to satisfaction with family quality of life in a unique population: hearing Bedouin parents of children born with partial or total hearing loss in southern Israel. Could variables previously shown to predict families' quality of life in other populations with children…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Coping, Stress Variables, Migrants
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Rivadeneira, Joucelyn; Silvestre, Núria; Laborda, Cristina – Volta Review, 2015
This study examined the association between parenting stress, family functioning, child behavior problems, language development, mother's education, child's sex, child's age, and child's hearing device in a cross-sectional sample of 37 mothers with typical hearing who have children who are deaf and hard of hearing enrolled in early childhood…
Descriptors: Mothers, Stress Variables, Hearing (Physiology), Deafness
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Mol, E. M.; Monbaliu, E.; Ven, M.; Vergote, M.; Prinzie, P. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
In this study, we investigated whether (1) children with cerebral palsy (CP) using night orthoses experience more sleep disturbance than those not using night orthoses, (2) parental personality is related to the experienced parental burden of night orthoses, and (3) parental sense of competence in the parenting role mediates the relation between…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Sleep, Child Rearing, Personality Traits
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Prakash, Santhi S; Prakash, S. G. R.; Ravichandran, Aparna; Susan, K. Y.; Alex, Winnie – International Journal of Special Education, 2013
Hearing impairment is an exceptional circumstance that restricts the child's ability to communicate verbally. Depression is a common stress-related response for hearing parents of children with hearing loss. Evidence suggests that mothers are more inclined than fathers to experience depression in response to their child's hearing loss (Mavrolas,…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Mothers, Assistive Technology, Hearing Impairments
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Kushalnagar, Poorna; Krull, Kevin; Hannay, Julia; Mehta, Paras; Caudle, Susan; Oghalai, John – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2007
Cognitive ability and behavioral adaptability are distinct, yet related, constructs that can impact childhood development. Both are often reduced in deaf children of hearing parents who do not provide sufficient language and communication access. Additionally, parental depression is commonly observed due to parent-child communication difficulties…
Descriptors: Patients, Deafness, Cognitive Ability, Nonverbal Ability