title: [Is there such a thing as psychodynamics of deafness?].
abstract: A deaf child presents no specific psychologic pattern, but he has to face specifics situations. Some of them are analysed here: his parents mourning after diagnosis, his particular relation to communication and language compared to the situation of a hearing child, his implication in both sign language and oral language.
authors.affiliation: Pédopsychiatre CEOP, Paris.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Decoster
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D003638:Deafness / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010379:Peer Group; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012813:Sign Language; D013060:Speech
vernacular_title: Existe-t-il une psychodynamique de la surdité?