Jackson, C. W., & Turnbull, A. (2004). Impact of deafness on family life: A review of the literature. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 24, 1 (pp.15-27).
The presence of deafness in a family has the potential to affect all areas of family life. An understanding of the impact on family life is critical to addressing all components of the family system in early intervention. This review synthesizes the literature on deafness as it relates to four domains of family quality of life, including family interaction, family resources, parenting, and support for the child who is deaf. Implications for future research are discussed.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Jackson, C. W., & Turnbull, A. (2004). Impact of deafness on family life
Are the conclusions of this article supported by its data?
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This literary review concluded that research on deafness in the family has focused on four major domains of quality of family life. These domains include family interaction, family resources, parenting, and support for the child who is deaf. They appeared to have sifted through a comprehensive sample, although the article did say that articles not peer-reviewed were not considered (p. 16). They concluded that influencing factors, methods of assessment, and impact of support are three areas that should
be considered for future research. They suggested that larger sample sizes and diversity in sample sizes would be beneficial in future research. They recommended assessing the sensitivity of varying checklists and surveys, as well as identifying the effects of different supports (social networks, models, and training) in future research. I feel that their conclusions were well-supported by their data.
Jackson & Turnbull have completed a reasonably good review of the literature analyzing the impact of deafness on family life. They also point to areas for deeper research such as examining differences among families using different communication methodologies (sign, spoken language, cued speech), including children with mild and/or moderate hearing loss, and examining families from diverse cultural backgrounds. They also discuss differing ways to measure/assessing family life and discuss the difficulties of attempting such measures. And, finally, they also discuss the need to measure the impact of social supports. The authors make excellent points and challenge researchers to further study these areas.
I felt that Jackson and Turnbull were very thorough in their review of the literature regarding the impact of deaf children on the family. I was impressed with all of the different aspects that were considered and evaluated. I felt that the literature they chose to include were valid and mostly fit the inclusion criteria. I really appreciated the tables explaining the articles reviewed. Because of that I found myself more able to trust Jackson and Turnbull's article.
This article did a very good job at pointing out the holes in the research and the different aspects that interventionists could improve for the very best results.
I felt like this was a good review of the literature that is available regarding family life and how deafness effects it. Nothing in the article seemed new or surprising to me. The authors did a good job at looking at the different aspects of family life and summarizing the effects of deafness in each area.
The authors performed a good review of the literature on the impact of deafness on family life. I felt that the authors did a thourgh job of presenting their point of view and showed the need for further studies in these areas.
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