Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Int Tinnitus J. 2022 Mar 3;25(2):154-161. doi: 10.5935/0946-5448.20210028.
Audition is essential for communication, and it is vital for the normal cognitive development of children. Hence, if a child has a hearing impairment, it would significantly impact the child's speech and language development, competence, and emotional wellness. Most children with hearing impairment are advised to go for amplification devices or cochlear implantations for communication through oral modality. There are numerous factors upon which the rehabilitation programs' outcomes depend; one critical aspect that influences habilitation/rehabilitation is parents' knowledge regarding hearing impairment, their attitude towards it, and their practice. Therefore, it needed to assess the parental knowledge, attitude, and practice among parents of children with hearing impairment.
The study used a cross-sectional study design and a convenient sampling method to recruit the participants. It was a timebound study; all the cases were recruited as participants during the study period.
The developed questionnaire has good reliability and validity. The questionnaire was administered to 38 parents to assess their knowledge, attitude, and practice towards their children's hearing impairment. The study's finding revealed that the overall parental knowledge, attitude, and practice towards their children's hearing impairment was found to be good.
The developed questionnaires in Hindi have good reliability and validity to assess parental knowledge, attitude, and practice about hearing impairment among parents of children with hearing impairment.
听觉对于交流至关重要，对于儿童的正常认知发展也至关重要。因此，如果孩子有听力障碍，这将极大地影响孩子的言语和语言发展、能力和情绪健康。大多数听力受损的儿童被建议使用放大设备或人工耳蜗植入物通过口语模式进行交流。康复计划的结果取决于许多因素，影响康复的一个关键方面是父母对听力障碍的了解、他们对听力障碍的态度以及他们的实践。因此，有必要评估听力受损儿童的父母的知识、态度和实践。
本研究采用横断面研究设计和便利抽样方法招募参与者。这是一项限时研究；在研究期间，所有病例都被招募为参与者。
所开发的问卷具有良好的可靠性和有效性。该问卷已发放给 38 位家长，以评估他们对子女听力障碍的知识、态度和实践。研究结果表明，父母对子女听力障碍的总体知识、态度和实践情况良好。
开发的印地语问卷具有良好的可靠性和有效性，可评估听力受损儿童的父母对听力障碍的知识、态度和实践。
