The subjective constitution process of a deaf child: a case report

Abstract

To discuss the subjective constitution process of a deaf child, through the speech of her hearing mother. It is a longitudinal study comprising a retrospective analysis of the interaction process of the mother-child dyad, based on transcriptions of video material. The main results suggest that the mother responds orally to the demands of her deaf child, placing her in the listener's position and maintaining her discursive position in the interaction. This maternal positioning enables the deaf child to change from someone to whom one speaks, into a speaking subject, being marked by this oral discourse, as it occurs with hearing children.