The Difficulties Sexually Abused Hearing Impaired Children in the Judicial Process A Case Series

Sexual abuse means to meet sexual needs and desires of an adult with using children or adolescent. Sexual abuse was not detected in any sociodemographic groups and can be seen in every socioeconomic level. Diagnosis of sexual abuse is usually made with a history which taken from the child. Because of verbal communication is very important of evaluation in the diagnosis of sexual abuse; hearing impaired children are more abuse than other children and their inability to express themselves fell them in more risky situations. In this case series; it is considering that sociodemographic characteristics and difficulties in the diagnosis and assessment process of 3 hearing impaired children who sexually abused and evaluation process will be discussed of these children. Sexual abuse of children is an important public health problem that leads to long-term negative results. Therefore the training and raising awareness of professionals in the judicial process will help to evaluate more comfortable and accurate in the system of these children.