Young Adults Who are Hearing and Deaf in a Transition Study: Did They and Their Parents Supply Similar Data?

Abstract

We surveyed young adults who are deaf and a comparison sample of peers without hearing loss—and the parents of both groups—about school-to-community transition experiences. We were interested in whether parents and their hearing or deaf children provided similar responses to the same questions on the survey. Agreement between the parent's and their son or daughter's responses to questions on selected transition variables was examined through different agreement indexes. Findings and procedures that should be employed when studying the transition experiences of persons who are deaf are discussed.