Henderson D, Hendershott A
Department of Sociology, University of Hartford, Connecticut.
Am Ann Deaf. 1991 Oct;136(4):325-9. doi: 10.1353/aad.2012.0546.
This paper examines some of the sociological implications of poor interaction on families in which one of the members is deaf. When a family systems perspective is used, once a child is diagnosed as deaf the family is no longer considered "hearing"; the parents may be hearing, the other children may be, but the family system becomes "hearing and deaf." By viewing this as a hearing/deaf problem, it becomes clear that no adequate solution can be found without the participation of deaf adults and the benefit of their perspectives and insights. We suggest that attention be directed toward neutralizing the effects of the stigma associated with deafness so that American Sign Language can become a pivotal tool for facilitating functional symbolic interaction in hearing/deaf families.
本文探讨了家庭成员之一失聪情况下，不良互动对家庭产生的一些社会学影响。从家庭系统的角度来看，一旦孩子被诊断为失聪，这个家庭就不再被视为“听力正常家庭”；父母可能听力正常，其他孩子也可能听力正常，但家庭系统变成了“有听力和失聪成员的家庭”。将此视为听力/失聪问题后，很明显，如果没有失聪成年人的参与以及他们的观点和见解，就找不到适当的解决办法。我们建议将注意力转向消除与失聪相关的耻辱感的影响，以便美国手语能够成为促进有听力/失聪成员家庭中功能性符号互动的关键工具。
