An ecosystemic perspective on the raising of deaf children by hearing parents in South Africa : a mixed methods study.

Deafness is one on the most common types of disability in South Africa with 90% of deaf children being born to hearing parents, many of whom are unprepared for the consequences of deafness. Since deafness is an invisible disability, the severity of its impact upon both the child and the family is of...

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Main Author: John, Vijialakshmi.
Other Authors: De Lange, Naydene.
Language:en
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/223