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Exploring the Impact of Hearing Impairment on Self-Concept

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This paper is based on a counselor exploring self-concept issues with 16 adolescents all of whom have bilateral severe to profound sensory neural hearing loss since birth. From individual discussions with the adolescents the counselor identified self-defeating thoughts that the adolescents held. The counselor then describes the group sessions they designed as a strategy to help the adolescents deal with the five major self-defeating thoughts.

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  1. Department of Family and Child Welfare, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai, India, 400088

    Sandhya Limaye (Lecturer)

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Limaye, S. Exploring the Impact of Hearing Impairment on Self-Concept. Int J Adv Counselling 26, 369–374 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-004-0172-z

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