the verbal and nonverbal contents of fears

The Peculiarities of Fear Among Hearing-Impaired Children of Primary School Age

The content of fears among hearing-impaired children of younger school age is analyzed in the article, the results of the comparative analysis of fears among hearing-impaired children with the content of fears among normal children are revealed. As a research toolkit the structural questionnaire of children's fears developed by the author (SQCF) and a projective technique «Draw the fear» is used. Quantitative and qualitative differences in the content of fears are revealed; the fears inherent in children hard of hearing are allocated and described.