Development of Deaf Identity: An Ethnographic Study

Mcilroy, Guy; Störbeck, Claudine

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“…McIlroy and Storbeck (2011) suggest a "dialogical model" of deaf identity to underline the diversity of experience and the fact that many deaf individuals move between hearing and Deaf communities. Kunnen (2014) showed by use of interviews how deaf adolescents at an early age are more aware of their identity compared to hearing peers and more mindful of the importance of "identity work".…”

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The Significance of Deaf Identity for Psychological Well-Being

Chapman

Dammeyer

2016

The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

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Research has paid attention to how deaf identity affects life outcomes such as psychological wellbeing. However, studies are often carried out with small samples and without including other variables. This study examined how different forms of identity -deaf, hearing, bicultural (deaf and hearing), and marginal (neither deaf nor hearing) -were associated with levels of psychological well-being, including a number of other variables. The sample was 742 adults with hearing loss in Denmark. The study found that identifying as deaf, hearing, and bicultural was associated with better psychological well-being compared to those with a marginal identity. Further, it found that additional disability, educational level, and feeling discriminated against because of hearing loss significantly explained the degree of psychological well-being. Results are discussed here with respect to social identity theory and current deaf identity themes.

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The Significance of Deaf Identity for Psychological Well-Being

Chapman

Dammeyer

2016

The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

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“…Others have sought to understand the different dimensions of Deaf identity, finding that individuals in the Deaf community forge ''types'' of identities in their development as a deaf person; these identity types include a ''cultural hearing identity,'' a ''culturally deaf identity,'' and a ''bicultural identity'' (Bat-Chava, 2000). Other research has emphasized the duality of Deaf identity development-that deaf individuals must simultaneously accept their deafness and develop a ''voice'' in a hearing-dominant society (McIlroy & Storbeck, 2011)…”

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“…''Identity'' continues to be a hot topic in the literature on deafness; indeed, the past 5 years have witnessed a wide variety of research that examines some facet of Deaf identity (Kunnen, 2014;Kuntze, 2010;Leigh, 2009;Maxwell-McCaw & Zea, 2011;McIlroy & Storbeck, 2011;Staten, 2011;Sutton-Spence, 2010). Although this research has expanded our knowledge about the development and impact of Deaf identity processes in the lives of deaf individuals, no studies have specifically examined the psychological salience of the Deaf identity and how the core self-meanings that deaf individuals use to define themselves specifically influence attitudes and behavior.…”

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“…Deaf studies scholars have claimed that the traditional binary conceptions of deafness employed in the medical fields are insufficient ways to conceive the experience of deaf individuals (i.e., classifying individuals' identities as either ''hearing'' or ''deaf'') and insufficient in representing the variance that defines their identity structures (McIlroy & Storbeck, 2011). These scholars have recommended that a more fluid and expansive definition of deafness be conceived and operationalized in studies on Deaf identity.…”

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Deaf Identity Centrality: Measurement, Influences, and Outcomes

Carter

2015

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In this study, I used a social psychological framework to better understand the influences and outcomes of Deaf identity centrality. An online survey was administered to 346 deaf individuals to measure facets of their Deaf identity. Results show that age, severity of hearing loss, age when an individual became deaf, and communication method (whether the individual uses sign language versus spoken communication) all influence Deaf identity centrality. Results also show that the higher a deaf individual's degree of Deaf identity centrality, the higher their self-esteem, the greater their degree of self-concept clarity, the more likely they are to attend events in the Deaf community, and the more comfortable they feel around others who are deaf. Implications of the study findings are discussed.The process and development of identity in deaf individuals has been an area of interest for Deaf studies scholars for decades (

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“…The findings of Study 1 add the burgeoning literature which suggests deaf identity (development) and constructions of deafness are more complex than medical and social models prescribe, that they are context specific, intersect with other identities (e.g., gender) and people do not rigidly subscribe to one model over another (e.g., Al-Makhamreh, 2013;Kemmery & Compton, 2014;Ladd & Lane, 2013;McIlroy & Storbeck, 2011;O'Brien & Emery, 2014).…”

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Looking beyond discussions of medical and social models: A critical qualitative examination of deaf health disparities

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There is strong empirical evidence, from Australia and internationally, that people living with hearing loss or deafness experience substantial challenges to accessing health services, resulting in poor health. Despite evidence demonstrating the success of hearing technology for correcting hearing losses and deafness, health disparities between hearing people and people living with hearing loss or deafness continue. Empirical work in the area of deafness is contextualised by ongoing theoretical discussions of the medical and social models of disability and, by extension, deafness. Despite consensus among theorists, even among those who are living with a disability themselves, that the medical model is restrictive, it is clear that this model continues to shape research priorities and dominant practices and ideology in society. While social models of disability/deafness tend to be favoured among theorists and discussed as preferable to the medical model and inclusive of the lived experiences of deafness, academics continue to debate and refine the social models of deafness. These debates largely remain theoretical as there is limited empirical work that has explored how these models, and related discourses, operate within society.Located within a social constructionist framework, this thesis provides a reflexive account of how I explored ways that deafness is constructed within Australian society and how these constructions contribute to the health disparities between hearing people and people living in Australia with hearing loss or deafness. The aims of this thesis are two-fold,(1) to explore how people living with hearing loss or deafness construct experiences of deafness and how these constructs relate (if at all) to theoretical discussions of disability or deafness; (2) to examine how health professionals construct experiences of treating clients living with hearing loss or deafness. These aims are achieved in two separate studies. The first is a mixed methods study of an online forum with people living with hearing loss or iii deafness and the second, interviews with health professionals who have treated clients living with hearing loss or deafness.Chapter 1 is an outline the structure of the thesis, describing both the research problem and my position as the author. In Chapter 2, I introduce social constructionism and the tensions that exist between this framework and positivism, and how these frameworks have shaped the thesis. Building on this, I provide an overview of the research methods implemented in the thesis. In order to contextualise the research presented in this thesis, information relevant to deafness and the Australian context is discussed at length in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 and 5 are a review of the literature relevant to how deafness has been studied in the past. This review covers deafness as a socially constructed phenomenon and critiques the empirical evidence pertaining to the health-related quality of life, health knowledge and barriers to accessing health that people living with ...

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Development of Deaf Identity: An Ethnographic Study

Cited by 89 publications

References 22 publications

The Significance of Deaf Identity for Psychological Well-Being

The Significance of Deaf Identity for Psychological Well-Being

Deaf Identity Centrality: Measurement, Influences, and Outcomes

Looking beyond discussions of medical and social models: A critical qualitative examination of deaf health disparities

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