Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Chapter 5 Thoughts and Comments

Hey everyone! This week we read and discussed chapter 5, I just wanted to share my thoughts about it. The chapter was all about family dynamics and interpersonal relationships and I thought that this was a very intriguing topic to read about. Hearing stories from all perspectives was great because there are so many assumptions made about what it would be like growing up and being deaf in a hearing family or hearing with parents who are deaf or siblings who are deaf or vise versa, but nobody knows what it actually feels like unless that is there experience. Reading responses from different perspectives opened my mind a lot and introduced new ideas to my mind about interpersonal relationships having a unique effect on each individual. What do you guys think?

7 comments:

  1. I spoke with Dr. Gremp after class about cued speech. I can't imagine the feelings any parent goes through when they have to decide the mode of communication they plan on taking with their newborn, knowing there are multiple choices and each child is unique in how they learn.

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  2. I thought it was super interesting to learn as well Sharon! As a non-parent it made me consider what I might do if I was presented with this situation. I still haven't decided on what I would do. It would definitely be something I would always go back and forth about.

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  3. I thought the part at the end was interesting, where they wrote from the child's view. One family had a child who was deaf with everyone else hearing, and another family had a child who was hearing where the rest of the family was deaf. It was interesting how the child who was deaf felt left out of the family who was hearing, the child said that they couldn't always follow the conversation and therefore felt left out and isolated. I thought this was very sad because one would think that the hearing family would realize their child was deaf and try harder to include them, rather than isolate them further. I would like to think that if I were to ever have a child who was deaf that I would do everything that I could to make them feel included.

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  4. I found it fascinating about the family dynamics also. All the stories give so much insight and help us to understand that not every family is the same. Though we will never be able to understand what it truly feels like to be a part of one of these families, the stories allow us to understand a little more the daily struggles of living in a mixed hearing and deaf family.

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  5. I think that hearing everyone perspectives and thoughts on different how to raise/react to having a deaf child. I think getting different opinions and perspectives can be crucial when someone finds out they have a deaf child. Being educated is the best option for the child. I think that the movie/video really helped to support the reading. It was interesting to see a more in depth look at what this chapter was all about, and to see the two differing perspectives that are present in just one family.

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  6. I completely agree with you Sharon, it definitely opened my mind up to many different ideas/perspectives others shared. It also would be very challenging to decide what mode of communication they want to use with someone who is deaf in their family. Honestly this all depends on what the child/person wants to pursue as sufficient way to communicate not only for them, but for everyone around them.

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  7. These discussions have made me really think about what life would be like if I had a deaf child. It's easy to make assumptions about how you would act a)without being a parent to begin with, b)not having faced any decision of this magnitude. While I wouldn't react negatively if I were to have a child that was deaf, I would be concerned that I would make the wrong decision for my child. If i chose to not get my child a cochlear implant, will they resent me later on for that decision? What if I did? What if I sent them to a mainstream school and it wasn't their LRE? There are so many other factors to how parents react, that I'm not sure I could really judge a parent for reactions or decisions until I've had to face the same decision.

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