"I Need to Love and to Be Loved": Perspective of Young Adults with Hearing Loss in Kabul-Afghanistan

Freba Amarkhail , Fahima Ibrahimkhil , Suriati Sidek
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.47985/dcidj.386
Submitted: 2020-11-02 10:43:23
Published: 2021-05-06

Purpose: This research aimed to explore love and belonging or social needs, of
young adults with hearing loss in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Method: A qualitative research method specifically, the phenomenological
approach, was adopted to conduct this research. An in-depth semi-structured
interview was used to interview ten participants.
Conclusion: Overall, two themes and four sub-themes were derived from
thematic analysis. The finding indicates that social support from family members
and people in the surrounding, and a sense of belonging are fundamental social
needs of people with hearing loss. Further research is needed to investigate the
reasons behind the unmet social needs of people with hearing loss.
Limitation: The major limitations of the study were - lack of official data
regarding people with hearing disability in Afghanistan, non-availability of
sign language interpreters, and cultural constraints faced by female study
participants.

Keywords

Love and belonging needs social needs young adults hearing loss Kabul

Authors

Freba Amarkhail
Freba Amarkhail is an Assistant Professor at the Special Education faculty, Shaheed Prof. Rabbani Education University. She earned her Master's degree from International Islamic University Malaysia in Human Sciences in Psychology (Clinical Counselling), and her degree in Special Education from Kabul Education University, Afghanistan. She published several articles in the academic magazine of Shaheed Prof. Rabbani Education University. She has also presented papers at conferences on Special Education.
Fahima Ibrahimkhil
Fahima is an Assistant Professor at Shaheed Prof. Rabbani Education University.  She also works as a facilitator with the British Council, Afghanistan. She has a degree in Special Education from Kabul Education University, Afghanistan, and a Master's in Human Sciences from International Islamic University, Malaysia. Currently, she leads the Department of Education of people with visual disability under the umbrella of Special Education as an HoD. She has published several articles in the academic magazine of Shaheed Prof. Rabbani University.
Suriati Sidek
Suriati Sidek works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, IIUM. She has written numerous articles and published in journals and has also presented papers at conferences in the area of health psychology, behavioral science, and community health. Her area of specialization includes eating behavior, needs assessment, community health, weight loss behavior, body image, and qualitative inquiry. Her research interests are directed primarily at improving the health of the community, especially those at risk of obesity. 

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Freba Amarkhail, Fahima Ibrahimkhil, Suriati Sidek (2021-05-06). "I Need to Love and to Be Loved": Perspective of Young Adults with Hearing Loss in Kabul-Afghanistan. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, Vol. 32 No. 1 (2021): Spring, 52-65. https://doi.org/10.47985/dcidj.386

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