The problem of counseling is dealt with mainly in the context of severe hearing impairment, since moderate forms are often due to illness or other nongenetic factors and do not constitute a grave handicap. (DLS)

The article addresses itself to parents of deaf adolescents concerning involvement in social situations. (CD)

The parents in the study expressed a desire for better counseling at the time of diagnosis, and subsequently, in relation to educational and behavioral difficulties. Most families, however, expressed a need for more "in home" guidance when their children reached school age and for "correspondence courses" of various types. (Author)

To be successful, parent education must be a major commitment and not just an appendage of a child-centered program for hearing impaired children. (Author)

Reviewed is research on maternal interaction style (particularly overprotection) as it relates to the development of hearing impaired children. (Author/CL)

Discussion focuses on American-Western attitudes toward culturally different families and how those attitudes may affect communication between American school personnel and individual families with hearing-impaired children. The need to develop or widen sensitivity to nonverbal and verbal cross-cultural communication is stressed and the problems…

The paper presents a rationale for modifying or changing ear level hearing aids for babies, based on audiologic testing and impedance measurements. (Author/SBH)

It is suggested that professionals can help families cope with a child who is hearing-impaired by being sensitive to their emotional needs, both at the time of diagnosis and thereafter. Listening and informing skills are discussed with emphasis on improving the ongoing parent-professional relationship. (Author/VW)

The author provides parents with information and suggestions about ways to alleviate strains placed on the natural attachment (bonding) process when their child has a hearing impairment. Strategies to foster the child's communicative and behavioral development are presented and the roles of parental responsivity, letting go, and fathers are…

The article explores the effects of societal changes on parenting, offering suggestions for how professionals can better meet the needs of families with hearing-impaired children. Problems specific to working parents, single parenthood, and low-income families are discussed. Alternatives to traditional programming and parent-run support systems…

A communication training program for parents of new cochlear implant users includes an assessment of parents' communication behaviors using the Communication Index for Parents, a parent seminar, a home-training program, and a parent library. Speech and listening diaries, completed by parents at regular intervals, provide information to guide…