title: Perspectives on deafened adults.
abstract: A sample of deafened adults in Ontario, Canada provided information about the general course of their adjustment to acquired hearing loss. Their use of counseling services was limited, and those who did use such services expressed dismay about the ignorance surrounding acquired deafness, particularly the assumption that the problems of deafened adults are identical to those of congenitally deaf adults. Four illustrative cases are presented.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Trehub
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D003638:Deafness / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario; D012649:Self Concept; D012813:Sign Language