This article focuses on the perceptions of parenting among people with hearing impairment. It presents a comprehensive analysis conducted from three different per- spectives: those with hearing impairment who do not have children, those who do have children, and the hearing children of persons with hearing impairment. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods were used to collect data. The quantitative part of the research involved Q-methodology and a self-constructed questionnaire. In contrast, the qualitative part focused on conducting focus groups and semi-structured interviews with the focus groups. The study was conducted in three phases with a total of 49 respondents. The first phase involved quantitative research among 36 childless people with hearing impairment. The second phase included focus groups with eight deaf and hard-of-hearing parents. The third phase focused on individual interviews with five women who are CODAs (children of deaf parents.) The research findings suggest that parenting of persons with hearing impairment is influenced by a wide range of factors, including motivation to parent, differences in perspectives on parenting between men and women, parenting styles, degree of hearing impairment, and limitations and risks associated with the impairment.

Palacký University Olomouc Czech Republic

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