Stigma of Hearing Disability and Parenting Disempowerment:Phenomenon Analysis of Grandparents'Substitute Parenting for the Hearing Children of Hearing-impaired Parents
As for parents,parenting their own children is their responsibility and right,but those with hearing disability are often excluded.Through in-depth interviews and non-participant observation,we analyzed the phenomenon of grandparents'substitute parenting for the hearing children of hearing-impaired parents,and found that the hearing-impaired parents were often disempowered from exercising their parenting rights,while the grandparents controlled the parenting of their grandchildren,and dominated the daily care and education of grandchildren just like"becoming parents again",and controlled the financial issues of the family,and hearing-impaired parents almost became"invisible"persons.The formation of this phenomenon of substitute parenting has a profound social and cultural root,that is,the stigma of hearing disability,persons with hearing disability may often be regarded as having a"low"intelligence quotient,"poor"ability and insufficient parenting ability.The grandparents prevent their grandchildren from learning sign language since sign language is a stigma marker for hearing disability and from being breastfed in infancy by the hearing-impaired mother,resulting in the deprivation of parental rights for hearing-impaired parents."De-stigmatization"and parenting support for hearing-impaired parents are the necessary ways to secure the parenting rights of hearing-impaired parents.
Hearing children of hearing-impaired parentsSubstitute parenting by grandparentsDeaf cultureStigma of hearing disability
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