An overwhelming journey: Mothers of children cochlear implant users experiences with speech-language pathologists

<p>This study shares themes identified across the experiences of mothers of children cochlear implant users with speech-language pathologists. Parents describe learning that their child has a hearing loss as an overwhelming journey with much to learn and many decisions to make, especially in their child’s first year of life. Parents rely on professional support in developing their child’s listening and spoken language development. A phenomenological framework of qualitative research was utilized to understand the perspective of the mothers who participated in this study. The intent of this study is to improve the partnership between parents and professionals of children with hearing loss working towards an outcome of spoken language, by better understanding the perspective of parents of this unique population.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Special Education

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Beebe, Jennifer

Contributors dc:contributor

• Audrey Farrugia-Bernard, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
• Sarah Ginsberg, Ed.D., CCC-SLP
• Derrick Fries, Ph.D.

• auditory-verbal therapy
• cochlear implant
• listening nad spoken language
• parent perspective
• qualitative research
• Speech Pathology and Audiology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.emich.edu/theses/924

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.emich.edu:theses-2293