Convivência familiar dos deficientes auditivos: um estudo de caso na Otoclínica Aline Pires Benevides Gadelha em Sousa-PB.

Abstract

This Working End of Course (CBT) was performed based on the lived experience from the period of supervised realized that in Otoclínica Aline Pires Benevides Gadelha, from March 2013 being continued until the present time, March 2014. The issue addressed in this paper refers to the coexistence of families with deaf people served in Otoclínica and aims to analyze the coexistence of the same family. The methodology for conducting this study is qualitative in nature, taking advantage of the methods of participant observation and life history. The procedures for data collection guided on existing documentary sources and interviews with the institution that supported this research. Interviews were conducted with three (3) families of people who have hearing loss and are cared for in Otoclínica. The paper is structured as follows: in the first chapter we attempted to make a short presentation about some concepts and treatment of hearing impairment in Brazil. This chapter also addressed the national health policies and attention to hearing health in Brazil. The second chapter discusses the methodological procedures used in the research, talking a little of the institution, locus of research and profile of the trainees, the research subjects. The third chapter deals with the discussion of the data collected and reports of interviews. Thus, in all cases accompanied families reported getting a good family with deaf coexistence, although some social difficulties. We observed that family relationships among the deaf served in Otoclínica and their families can be considered good, but point out the existence of prejudicial practices in everyday life of individuals with hearing disabilities that lead them to develop fully.