The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the child rearing experiences of hearing
impaired parents who use sign language to raise hearing-capable children. In-depth interviews were carried
out with five couples with hearing impairment and eligibility to participate in this study was based on
the following criteria: 1) using sign language as their first language or mother tongue, household, 2) raising
hearing children under the age of 13, and 3) both spouses diagnosed with hearing impairment. Data
was collected over a period of three and a half months, starting at the end of June 2014 and concluding
in Mid-October 2014. In total, 20 interviews were conducted with the use of sign language. Applying
Colaizzi’s method of phenomenological data analysis, 31 themes were formulated and they were organized
into 12 clusters of themes, which were then formulated into 4 categories. The 4 categories were as follows:
'unwelcomed pregnancy (concern, solicitude)' and grateful meeting with newborn baby', 'obstacles ought
to be overcome', 'using various external resources for language development of children', and
'communication and recovery of relationship'. The parents in this study decided to move forward with
the pregnancy despite people being concerned and were able to inspiringly experience childbirth. Despite
experiencing parenting difficulties throughout infancy and early childhood, the hearing impaired parents
were able to overcome these difficulties. Also, they took a step into a unknown world, the hearing world,
for their children's eduction and they were proud of themselves for becoming a parents to healthy, bilingual
children. Throughout child rearing, the participants of this study indicated that their disconnected
relationships with their own parents were recovered. Political and practical implications were suggested
throughout the course of this study in order to support hearing-impaired parents and their children.