Born Blind and Deaf

A World Without Words: The Social Construction of Children Born Deaf And Blind

Substitute functions of the blind and the deaf and blind.

BLINDNESS was and still is considered the most serious of defects, and of all those suffering from a bodily infirmity the blind are the invalids who are most pitied by their fellow-men. But if you ask those who are both deaf and blind which defect is the most difficult to bear, their answer is without hesitation: deafness. And, indeed, the lack of sight can be offset to such a high degree by th...

Normal hearing and language development in a deaf-born child.

BACKGROUND Congenital deafness leads to major problems in speech, language, education, and social integration. Neonatal hearing screening and cochlear implantation now allow early hearing restoration. This article reports on a prospective longitudinal study of the first infant ever who received two cochlear implants in the prelexical period of her life. METHODS The first deaf-born girl ever w...

Blind or deaf? A matter of aesthetics.

Blind or deaf? Surprisingly, a small but noticeable minority, 17%, opted for blindness. Another 6% were indifferent. For these individuals (23% of the sample), the loss of the aesthetic experience--music--was given relatively greater weight than the loss of the practical--conversation. This was not a symmetric effect in that those who opted for being deaf did not place greater value on the aest...

Comparison of mindfulness and psychological hardiness of mothers of blind and deaf children

Background & Aim: After diagnosing a injury in children, their families often experience feelings such as shock, confusion, anger, depression, hopelessness, guilt, rejection, embarrassment, feelings of helplessness, and loneliness. The aim of this study was to compare the mindfulness and psychological hardiness of mothers of blind and deaf children aged 7-12 years in Khorramabad. Materials ...