Evolving Identities of Adolescents Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: A Scoping Review

Byatt, Timothy J.; Duncan, Jill; Dally, Kerry; Beuzeville, Louise de

doi:10.1353/aad.2021.0008

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“…We therefore cannot attribute causality to hearing aids or cochlear implants and capability, nor did we intend to. How DHH adolescents view themselves heavily depends on their context (such as ethnicity and culture), making studies with these target groups difficult to compare and extrapolate ( Byatt et al, 2021 ). However, the present results are significant in at least two major respects.…”

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Wellbeing as Capability: Findings in Hearing-Impaired Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant

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In the Western world, for deaf and hard-of-hearing children, hearing aids or cochlear implants are available to provide access to sound, with the overall goal of increasing their wellbeing. If and how this goal is achieved becomes increasingly multifarious when these children reach adolescence and young adulthood and start to participate in society in other ways. An approach to wellbeing that includes personal differences and the relative advantages and disadvantages that people have, is the capability approach, as developed by Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen. Capability is the set of real opportunities people have to do and be things they have reason to value. We interviewed 59 young people, aged 13 through 25, with cochlear implants (37) or hearing aids (22) to capture their capability. We found that their hearing devices enabled them to actively participate in a predominantly hearing society, with few differences between cochlear implant and hearing aid recipients. They did, however, report challenges associated with prejudices and expectations, and with feeling poorly understood, all of which appeared to impact their capability. Through the lens of capability, alleged differences between hearing aid and cochlear implant recipients began to fade. We discuss the implications for initiatives focused on the long-term support young recipients of hearing devices to meet their specific requirements over time.

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Wellbeing as Capability: Findings in Hearing-Impaired Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant

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“…Nevertheless, it should be noted that the cornerstone of the deaf culture is the use of sign language. Byatt et al (2021) indicated that the way DHH adolescents perceive their identities evolves over time. They suggest that it is a flexible chain process that depends greatly on the context in which these adolescents live.…”

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The Role of Educational Experiences in Enhancing the Cultural Identity of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduate Female Students in Saudi Arabia

Turkestani

Albash

2022

Sage Open

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This study explored how educational experiences enhance the cultural identity of deaf and hard-of-hearing undergraduate female students in Saudi Arabia, using an explanatory design. The study methods include a researcher-made scale involving 105 female deaf and hard-of-hearing students, a focus group with 20 female students, and individual interviews with 11 female students. The individually interviewed participants were part of the scale and focus groups. Quantitative results revealed three profiles in terms of cultural identities found in deaf and hard-of-hearing students in Saudi Arabia. In descending order of prevalence these were bicultural identity, hearing identity, and deaf identity. Regarding the qualitative results, four main themes on how educational experiences affected the participants’ cultural identities emerged: educational environment, peer relationships, relationships with teachers, and communication methods. Differences in the participants’ cultural identities were found, based on different educational experiences. Thus, further mixed-methods research should be conducted to address how deaf and hard-of-hearing people perceive their cultural identities, and to discover the enhancing effects of different factors on their identities.

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“…This is because identity attributions associated with deafness range from passing as hearing, or regarding oneself as a disabled person, to membership of a distinct cultural-linguistic community of users of a signed language based on which full rights of citizenship are claimed [ 10 , 11 ]. Furthermore, fluidity in identity affiliations associated with being deaf is emerging as a distinct difference in contemporary deaf youth to whom binary distinctions between those who identify with the Deaf Community and those who do not on grounds of signed or spoken language no longer apply [ 12 , 13 ]. While some deaf activists situate themselves within the disability movement; others prefer to situate within the Deaf rights movement with the affiliation with cultural-linguistic identity often marked by the capitalization of Deaf.…”

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Political participation among deaf youth in Great Britain

Espinoza,

Young,

Dodds

2024

PLoS ONE

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Variations in political participation are linked to demographic factors, socioeconomic disparities, and cultural-ethnic diversity. Existing research has primarily explored reduced political involvement among individuals with disabilities, particularly in electoral politics. However, little research has attended the involvement of deaf people specifically. This is of interest because deaf youth are at an intersection of disability, language and cultural identity with their language affiliations and rejection or acceptance of disability evolving through childhood. This study draws from original data collected via an online survey, comprising 163 deaf young respondents aged 16-19 in Great Britain. We compare their levels of political participation with those of general population peers to explore how sociodemographic factors, alongside variations in self-identification as deaf, and meaningful interactions with other deaf people contribute to explain their political engagement. The results challenge conventional wisdom by demonstrating that deaf youth participate more actively in politics than their hearing peers in various forms of political involvement, including collective, contact, and institutional activism. We also recognize differences among deaf youth and propose that social aspects of identity formation, particularly embracing a deaf identity and having deaf friends, can boost certain forms of political engagement. In summary, this study underscores the importance of acknowledging the diversity of deaf youth in terms of affiliation with various forms of deaf identity, rendering their experience different from both disabled and hearing youth. By identifying the factors driving heightened political participation, policymakers and advocates can develop strategies to enhance political engagement among all young people, regardless of their hearing status.

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Evolving Identities of Adolescents Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: A Scoping Review

Cited by 11 publications

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Wellbeing as Capability: Findings in Hearing-Impaired Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant

Wellbeing as Capability: Findings in Hearing-Impaired Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant

The Role of Educational Experiences in Enhancing the Cultural Identity of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduate Female Students in Saudi Arabia

Political participation among deaf youth in Great Britain

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