Parents raising a deaf or hard of hearing child can experience a range of challenges including increased care giving demands, finding and obtaining early intervention services, modifying communication strategies, medical and educational decision making, additional financial pressures and working with multidisciplinary teams learning and working with their child to enhance their developmental outcomes.
"Supports depend on the needs of the family and the child."
Research consistently shows that families with strong social support systems are able to manage challenges more effectively than families with fewer supports.
This 2012 report reviews 262 studies of social supports provided to hearing parents of deaf children.
Social Support for Parents of Deaf Children: Moving Toward Contextualised Understanding.
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