(Mis-)Recognition of the Socially Accepted Role in Communicative Rituals: A Study of Adolescents with Hearing Loss in School Life

Standardised medical treatments for children with hearing loss often provide good individual auditory–oral skills, but some research reports more widespread psychosocial difficulties. This raises unresolved questions about the possible sociological explanations for diverging outcomes. In this study,...

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Main Authors: Kim Sune Jepsen, Steen Bengtsson, Inge Kryger Pedersen
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Language:English
Published: Stockholm University Press 2024-12-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
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Online Access:https://account.sjdr.se/index.php/su-j-sjdr/article/view/1170
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description Standardised medical treatments for children with hearing loss often provide good individual auditory–oral skills, but some research reports more widespread psychosocial difficulties. This raises unresolved questions about the possible sociological explanations for diverging outcomes. In this study, we adopt a micro-sociological approach to demonstrate how successful participation in ritual everyday life relates to active role-taking and role-making, where adolescents can follow along and acquire social acceptance. We explore how 15 adolescents with hearing loss participated in play and peer conversation, comparing students’ experiences from mainstream schools to their experiences from a specialised boarding school in Denmark. A key finding is that mainstream schools involved different degrees of entrapment through a constraining form of role-taking. The specialised boarding school creates space for active role-making through diverse activity opportunities, close relationships, and attentive forms of communication. We discuss the implications for school life.
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spelling doaj-art-3e39dffbba8c47a295fbf2c7784602582025-08-20T02:44:40ZengStockholm University PressScandinavian Journal of Disability Research1745-30112024-12-01261665–680665–68010.16993/sjdr.11701170(Mis-)Recognition of the Socially Accepted Role in Communicative Rituals: A Study of Adolescents with Hearing Loss in School LifeKim Sune Jepsen0Steen Bengtsson1Inge Kryger Pedersen2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3542-3532Department of Sociology, University of CopenhagenVIVE – The Danish Center for Social Science ResearchDepartment of Sociology, University of CopenhagenStandardised medical treatments for children with hearing loss often provide good individual auditory–oral skills, but some research reports more widespread psychosocial difficulties. This raises unresolved questions about the possible sociological explanations for diverging outcomes. In this study, we adopt a micro-sociological approach to demonstrate how successful participation in ritual everyday life relates to active role-taking and role-making, where adolescents can follow along and acquire social acceptance. We explore how 15 adolescents with hearing loss participated in play and peer conversation, comparing students’ experiences from mainstream schools to their experiences from a specialised boarding school in Denmark. A key finding is that mainstream schools involved different degrees of entrapment through a constraining form of role-taking. The specialised boarding school creates space for active role-making through diverse activity opportunities, close relationships, and attentive forms of communication. We discuss the implications for school life.https://account.sjdr.se/index.php/su-j-sjdr/article/view/1170micro-sociologyhearing losssocial roleschool life participationritual theory
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Steen Bengtsson
Inge Kryger Pedersen
(Mis-)Recognition of the Socially Accepted Role in Communicative Rituals: A Study of Adolescents with Hearing Loss in School Life
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
micro-sociology
hearing loss
social role
school life participation
ritual theory
title (Mis-)Recognition of the Socially Accepted Role in Communicative Rituals: A Study of Adolescents with Hearing Loss in School Life
title_full (Mis-)Recognition of the Socially Accepted Role in Communicative Rituals: A Study of Adolescents with Hearing Loss in School Life
title_fullStr (Mis-)Recognition of the Socially Accepted Role in Communicative Rituals: A Study of Adolescents with Hearing Loss in School Life
title_full_unstemmed (Mis-)Recognition of the Socially Accepted Role in Communicative Rituals: A Study of Adolescents with Hearing Loss in School Life
title_short (Mis-)Recognition of the Socially Accepted Role in Communicative Rituals: A Study of Adolescents with Hearing Loss in School Life
title_sort mis recognition of the socially accepted role in communicative rituals a study of adolescents with hearing loss in school life
topic micro-sociology
hearing loss
social role
school life participation
ritual theory
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