How do you think you or members of your

family and/or ethnic/cultural group would react

to the news that your/their baby was deaf?

There is no right or wrong way to react to the

news that a newborn has hearing loss.
For both parents and family there is a feeling of
loss, and we must mourn the baby's hearing
loss.
I think there will always be a wide range of
reactions and the reaction is linked to how the
parents are experiencing the news, to emotional
intelligence, to the taboo, to the support they
have, to misinformation, to the information that
is available and more.
In my country, unfortunately, there is no
structure with which inclusion is a reality for
everyone, there is little medical care, access to
education is limited and this means that families
often see deafness as a disadvantage and a
reason to feel sorry for the disadvantaged
condition of someone who is deaf.
I think my family's reaction would be total
support to help us raise a healthy, self-confident
and independent baby, teaching him that the sky
is the limit and if we work as a team, he/ she can
achieve whatever he sets out to do.