title: Hearing impairment: a family crisis.
abstract: This paper reviews the initial crisis for hearing impaired children and their families from the perspective of the clinician who must assess their adjustment at the point of entry into a school for the deaf. The use of crisis theory as it relates to the special needs of this client group is discussed.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003638:Deafness / Q000523:psychology*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology