Coronation Street has received 62 complaints filed to Ofcom over Freda's kidnap of Aled.
Viewers were left shocked last week after Freda, who is deaf, took Gemma's baby son when he had an appointment to have a cochlear implant.
After Bernie and Chesney's remarks that they were relieved that they wouldn't have to attend sign language classes any longer, Freda feared that he would lose his identity and connection to the deaf community.
Gemma discovered that her son had gone missing and frantically tried to find him in a race to get him to his appointment.
Eventually, she discovered Freda had barricaded herself in the community centre and signed to the mum-of-four that she was busy.
Through the aid of an interpreter who arrived to help Freda with Norris’ funeral, Gemma tried to speak with Freda about what has happened, with the hope to get Aled back.
Chesney soon joined Gemma as they hope to get through to troubled Freda and eventually got their son back - but he ended up missing his appointment.
However, some viewers weren't happy that kidnap was involved to highlight Freda's upset over Chesney and Bernie's ignorant comments regarding the deaf community.
One tweeted: "I love #Corrie and I understand the writers were trying to show what a difficult place the new world can be for those with hearing loss.
"I'm hard of hearing but I'm not sure the character, Freda, really helped the cause tonight. #deafness #hearingloss."
While another commented: "Although an important story, this is ridiculous, Freda had kidnapped someone else's child!!"
A third wrote: "Corrie were doing a very good storyline highlighting some of the attitudes towards ppl with disabilities.
"#Deaf But when Freda stole the baby meaning he's missed his appointment that HIS parents decided it loses the credibility as it became something else. #Corrie."
*Coronation street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV
