How Adult Acquired Hearing Loss Affects Marital Satisfaction

Author

Martha Gayle Speegle

Graduation Semester and Year

2009

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Social Work

Department

Social Work

First Advisor

Norman Cobb

Abstract

Hearing loss can adversely affect a marital relationship when a person becomes deafened after the marriage or commitment to cohabitate. This population is growing more quickly than hearing loss professionals had anticipated. Scores of military personnel are returning from deployment with permanent hearing loss. Loud music and environmental noise are rapidly taking their toll on the Baby Boomer generation and those following them.This paper discusses the problems that hearing loss imposes on relationship: Lack of counseling services, grief and loss, intimacy, crisis, co-morbidity, communication, careers, abuse, dependence and co-dependence.

Disciplines

Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Work

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

Recommended Citation

Speegle, Martha Gayle, "How Adult Acquired Hearing Loss Affects Marital Satisfaction" (2009). Social Work Theses. 43.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/socialwork_theses/43