Inside the "Lifeworlds" of Deaf Adolescents

Abstract

Reviews the book Deaf adolescents: Inner lives and Lifeworld development by M. A. Sheridan (2008). In 2001, Martha Sheridan published Inner Lives of Deaf Children: Interviews and Analysis, a book that first introduced us to a diverse group of 7 deaf and hard-of-hearing children ages 7–10. In Deaf Adolescents: Inner Lives and Lifeworld Development, Sheridan revisits these children in their adolescent years (ages 13–17) to examine how each one’s perspectives on their lifeworlds have changed as they have progressed into the teenage years. The book explores the adolescents’ experiential themes that they report to exist in their lifeworlds, while also addressing how their families cope with these themes. This book would be a very useful tool for parents and scholars alike to obtain enlightening insight into developmental themes and experiences of adolescents who are deaf and hard of hearing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)