Empowering Parents in Early Intervention for Deaf Children
The challenges faced by hearing parents with deaf children, the power imbalance between parents and professionals, and the importance of using positive language and empowering parents in early intervention for deaf children.
00:00:14 The video discusses the challenges faced by hearing parents when they have a deaf child. It suggests that the way hospitals and early intervention professionals share information can contribute to parents' fear and uncertainty.
👶 Being deaf is not a disability, but a normal part of our own culture.
🤷♀️ Hearing parents of deaf babies are often shocked and uncertain about what to do.
🏥 The approach of hospitals and early intervention professionals can contribute to parents' fear and uncertainty.
00:01:18 The video discusses the power imbalance between parents and professionals in early intervention. It highlights the negative impact of certain terms used by doctors, causing fear and alarm for parents.
✨ Parents are often outnumbered by professionals, creating a power imbalance and causing fear.
😢 Doctors' choice of words, such as 'diagnosed,' creates a negative impact on parents.
🚫 Parents' fear is intensified by the use of terms typically associated with severe illnesses.
00:02:21 This video discusses the use of language in medical diagnoses of hearing loss in children, highlighting the importance of early intervention and offering communication opportunities.
Identifying a child as deaf instead of saying they have a hearing loss can be more positive.
Parents often feel pressured to choose only one communication option for their deaf child.
Doctors should present communication options as opportunities instead of implying that only one option can be chosen.
00:03:24 The video discusses the importance of early intervention in child development and suggests using more positive terminology to empower parents.
👉 Parents should have the freedom to choose between sign language and cochlear implants for their child's communication development.
🤝 Using the term 'early intervention' in hospitals can make parents feel helpless, so it's better to use the term 'involvement' and emphasize support and information.
🔍 The negative terminology used by audiologists, such as saying a child has 'failed' a hearing test, can be discouraging and should be improved.
00:04:28 This video discusses the use of language and terminology when discussing children with disabilities, particularly deaf children, emphasizing the importance of using positive and empowering language.
👶 Deaf children are often referred to with negative terms like 'vocational limitations,' which scares parents.
👥 Doctors should use the term 'journey' to describe the experience of having a deaf child and help parents view it in a positive light.
👂 Parents of deaf children have unlimited opportunities and should not be discouraged about their child's future prospects.
00:05:32 The video discusses the limitations of negative terminology and the importance of informing parents about visual and audio technologies for children with disabilities.
👧🏻 Negative terminology applied to De people should be avoided.
🔎 Parents should be informed about visual and audio technologies.
🏥 Hospitals should discuss cultural aspects and inform parents about successful deaf adults.
00:06:36 The missing link in early intervention for deaf children is having deaf adult role models at hospitals.
🏥 Deaf adults as role models at hospitals are the missing link.
👨👩👧👦 Parents leave the hospital with a sense of relief and the idea that their child can have a normal life.
👥💭 Interaction with deaf adult role models changes parents' perception of deaf people.
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