To study the level of life satisfaction in the mothers of children with hearing and visual impairment

Sudeepa Patiyal; Ashok Parasar

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2017

To study the level of life satisfaction in the mothers of children with hearing and visual impairment

Sudeepa Patiyal, Ashok Parasar

Abstract :

Objective– The aim of the present study is to study the level of life satisfaction in the mothers of children with heå and visual impairment. . Heå impairment is the inability of an individual to hear sounds adequately. Visual impairment is a term experts use to describe any kind of vision loss, whether it‘s someone who cannot see at all or someone who has partial vision loss. Life satisfaction is a complex term and is sometimes used interchangeably with the emotion of happiness, but they are indeed two separate concepts.Methodology–The sample size consisted of mothers of 30 heå and 30 visually impaired children from Jabalpur. The study was conducted at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. The samples were selected by purposive sampling method The tools used for assessing the variables are Sociodemographic, self made consent form and Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS, Singh and Joseph, 1992). Result & Conclusion:– The life satisfaction of mothers of heå and visually impaired children. In heå impaired the percentage of mothers’ life satisfaction was average in 46.7% and low in 53.3%. In visually impaired the percentage of mother’s life satisfaction was average in 36.7% and low in 63.3%.