The Sexuality and the cognitive processes in the Deaf girl

Most of information is acquired by hearing and enter the process of knowledge of individuals; this explains why deaf adolescent are deprived. Moreover, this hearing defect can add other problems for them such as having dangerous sex, unwanted pregnancy, sexual diseases or AIDS. Studying the difference between deaf and hearing teenagers in their sexual lives help us to understand their sexuality related problems and needs (Anat, Yehudit, 2011).We used methods of qualitative and quantitative study. The data were obtained from semi-structured interviews as well as questionnaires undertaken with the deaf and hearing adolescents aged 16 and 20 years who were selected in France and Iran.The results showed that there is a significant difference between young deaf and hearing girls in sexual information (p = 0.01), cognitive processes (p = 0.01); and safe behavior (p = 0.05). We note that there is a significant difference between the deaf young Iranian girls and young French deaf girls on Sex education needs (p = 0.01), cognitive processes (p = 0.05), well-being (p = 0.05) and safe behavior (p = 0.05). However, no significant difference is found between the Iranian and French deaf in sexual information and risky behavior . We also find that there is a significant difference between young girls deaf FSE1 and DFSE2 only in sexual information (p =0.05).Although the hearing girls have richer sexual information than young deaf girls; they are unable to use their sexual information in their sexual lives. The result shows that the deaf need specific sex educations and the existing sex education it is not effective for the Deaf. Despite the existence of formal sex education in France and its lack in Iran, we see that both deaf groups have the same sexual knowledge and have the same risk sexual behavior.

کلیدواژه ها:

Deafness ، sexuality ، adolescents ، sexual health ، sex education ، disability