O nascimento do herói: construção de uma história em quadrinhos sobre implante coclear

Abstract

Introduction: The achievement of cochlear implants for children with hearing impairment permeates their relationship with the world, beyoung tghe world of sounds, the processo f growth and development, communication, affective and social relationships, and thus promotes auditory (re) habilitation, by minimizing and/or preventing restrictions caused by hearing loss. The process until the Cochlear Implant involves a multidisciplinar care approach, in pre, trans and post-implantation stages, until its activation and adaptation by the child, stages that involve changes, fears, doubts and insecurity. Universe of comics as a technology for education, health and care for children with hearing impairment. Objective: To build educational material in the form of a comic book for children adeg three years and over about the process for carrying out the cochlear implant. Methodology: Methodological study, carried out in the city of Maceió-AL, focusingt on the development of a comics about cochlear implants for chilfren with hearing impairment, developed from the experiences of 9 mothers aged between 24 and 40 years old and their children in Search of the “super power” of hearing. The testimonies were collected through. The testimonies were collected through semi-structured interviews beteween the months of November 2020 and march 2021. The data were seen in the light of Minayo’s contente analysis and supported by the theoretical framework of symbolic mediation, child development and learning from a historical perspective. Vygotski’s cultural heritage and subsidized the construction of the script in the full script model of the comics entitled: “Super T: E o mundo dos sono”, approved by the Research Ethics Committee. Results and discussion: After organizing the data and reflecting on the findigs, the following categories of analysis emerged: 1) From suspicion to the diagnosis of the child’s hearing loss; 2) In search of “Super Power”- surgery for the Cochlear implant; 3) The Family and the hero in the pre and postoperative period of the IC; 4) The activation of the IC ans the dicoveries of life in the world of sounds; 5) school life and potencial for development and learning. From the analysis of the interviews with the mothers, aspects related to the Discovery of the children’s disability, suspicions, neonatal screening, diagnosis, intervention and Discovery of the cochlear implant were discussed. The path to the implantation involved dedication and persistence of mothers is search of providing hearing though the colchlear implant for their children, translated by them into quality of life. The stepd to carry out the implant, adaptation and rehabilitation experienced by each child involved unique and individual characteristics, but in all reports, gains were expressed related to perception, detection and identification of sounds, development of oral communication, improvement in concentration, socialization, interaction and in children’s school skills. The analysis of the interviews supported the construction of the comic book scipt in the full script model. Final Considerations: The script of the comic book about cochlear implants was built from the experiences of mothers with their children, which made it possible to bring the plot closer to the reality experienced during the course of the implant and enable knowledge on the subject. Based on the pillars of interaction, mediantion and mediating instruments proposed by vygotski, the script was analyzed ans is use and importance defended as na instrumente to guide the performance of cochlear implants. It is expected to complete the instrument validation steps in further studies.