[The role of child's play in the relationship between hearing mothers and deaf children].
BACKGROUND
The importance of child's play and its assessment for the therapy of deaf children.


OBJECTIVE
To analyze the organization of the act of playing between hearing mothers and deaf children, how it can be assessed and its relation with language acquisition.


METHODS
Analysis of video recordings of six deaf children playing with their mothers in three different moments, with intervals between the recordings of 6 months each. Criteria were established for the analysis of the data.


RESULTS
All of the children presented a language acquisition delay and a very poor interaction with their mothers. During one year five out of the six mothers modified their way of playing.


CONCLUSIONS
Playing might (and should) be an efficient parameter to assess the therapy of deaf children.
Goldfeld
Marcia
M
Curso de Fonoaudiologia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. goldfeld@unisys.com.br
Chiari
Brasília Maria
BM
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003142:Communication; D003638:Deafness / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000523:psychology*; D012813:Sign Language