Abstract
Under certain conditions, associated with the presence of early and significant hearing loss, there are some peculiarities observed in children's interpersonal communication. Their knowledge can serve as a guide for overcoming difficulties and maximizing successful communication. The present study is dedicated to identifying the peculiarities of communicative behavior and the type of interpersonal relationships between children with hearing impairments integrated into mainstream schools. The experiment involved 40 children, divided into two groups: control group (hearing children) and experimental group (deaf children). The Diagnostic toolkit contains 3 methodologies: the Raven progressive matrices for determining the level of nonverbal intelligence; a test for evaluation of communicative and initiating abilities, the T. Leary's psycho-diagnostic methodology for establishing interpersonal relationships in the subjects studied. The results of the first test revealed that the intellectual profile of 7-9-year-old students was significantly different from that of their hearing peers. The second test also found differences between the hearing and the deaf, but these were not statistically significant. The Leary test clearly showed that in the process of interpersonal communication, deaf children tend to be authoritarian, selfish, aggressive and suspicious of relationships. At the same time, their hearing peers seek to form an altruistic type of personal relationships.
Highlights
The full, harmonious interpersonal communication is the most important natural condition for the social prosperity of the person, the dominant factor in the development of the person as the subject of his or her own life, the specific space in which self-knowledge, self-actualization and self-improvement, as well as knowledge and understanding of other people is realized.Under certain conditions associated with early and significant hearing loss, thе communicative process between the partners occurs with certain difficulties and specific characteristics
This report of a study presents data from a test conducted to assess the peculiarities of the communicative behavior of deaf children in terms of their initiatory abilities and skills for establishing business and interpersonal relations with peers and adults
In terms of nonverbal intelligence, the results of the deaf children unequivocally showed a lower level of development compared to their hearing peers
Summary
The full, harmonious interpersonal communication is the most important natural condition for the social prosperity of the person, the dominant factor in the development of the person as the subject of his or her own life, the specific space in which self-knowledge, self-actualization and self-improvement, as well as knowledge and understanding of other people is realized.Under certain conditions associated with early and significant hearing loss, thе communicative process between the partners occurs with certain difficulties and specific characteristics. Studies of the communicative behavior of deaf children provide evidence of a high incidence of cases where interpersonal interaction acquires the character of difficult communication, accompanied by the presence of specific qualitative characteristics of the individual. The question of their identification and, on this basis, the creation of preconditions for free communicative interactions between the deaf child and the others, beginning from the early stages of ontogeny, is emerging as one of the vectors of scientific research. Data from the applied Raven progressive matrices are included, establishing the influence of deafness on the level of nonverbal intelligence
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
