| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立屏東科技大學 === 社會工作系 === 99 === Based on family system theory, this research investigates sibling interactions of adults with deaf or hard of hearing.
As a qualitative approach research, this paper adopts snowball strategy of purposive sampling to implement theoretical sampling. Study objects are five pairs of ‛ deaf or hard of hearing people with both ears’ hearing loss above 90dB” and “their siblings with normal hearing”, all aged over 18. Through at least one interview with each pair and data collection, this study, by means of free talk in in-depth interview, makes these five adults with severe hearing impairment tell life stories about their interactions with siblings. In conversations with each pair of interviewees, the author feels that the deaf are in a world of silence and aware of deaf or hard of hearing’s significance to life, its influence on close interactive relationship with siblings, as well as turns of this relationship. Interview transcripts are printed as 14 texts. This paper also uses thematic analysis to generalize four topics concerning sibling reactions of adults with severe hearing impairment from interviewed parents, deaf or hard of hearing people and sibling interaction experience. Life stories about these five pairs are described prior to the topics. Four topics are summarized as below. Topic 1: “seeking resource and support in permanently-stopping voice”-search of resources and family member’s supports activate close or remote relationships between the deaf or hard of hearing and family members. Topic 2: “growing up in a deafness world-interactive relationship with parents”: parents’ communication methods and rearing attitudes sow the seeds of close sibling interactions. Topic 3: “seeing medium and role of sibling interaction in a deafness world”: easing off communication conflict is to share and await a responsibility of looking after the impaired regardless of elders-juniors relationships. Topic 4: “type and turns of sibling relationships”: close relationship ends at the turns of events. Research results are presented through interactions between adults with deaf or hard of hearing and their normal siblings.
Suggestions proposed according to research conclusions can provide a reference for adults with deaf or hard of hearing, their parents and siblings, as well as future researches of relevant social welfare institutions.
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