Cooper Ellie, Werfel Krystal
Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
Boys Town National Research Hospital, NE.
Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2024 Jan 3;33(1):468-475. doi: 10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00110. Epub 2023 Nov 27.
The purpose of this study was to characterize general health literacy and hearing loss health literacy for mothers of children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH).
Participants included 25 mothers of 2-year-old and 3-year-old children who had a diagnosis of permanent, bilateral hearing loss for at least 1 year. Measures of general health literacy and hearing loss health literacy were collected.
Results indicated that mothers had high general health literacy but had lower hearing loss health literacy skills than expected. Although mothers had high education and experience of at least 1 year of having a child with hearing loss, performance on hearing loss health literacy measures was low.
Caregiver understanding of hearing loss terminology and concepts is essential for decision making regarding their child's hearing loss health care.
本研究旨在描述失聪及重听儿童（DHH）母亲的一般健康素养和听力损失健康素养。
参与者包括25位母亲，其2岁和3岁的孩子被诊断为永久性双侧听力损失至少1年。收集了一般健康素养和听力损失健康素养的测量数据。
结果表明，母亲们具有较高的一般健康素养，但听力损失健康素养技能低于预期。尽管母亲们受过高等教育且有至少1年养育听力损失孩子的经验，但在听力损失健康素养测量方面的表现较低。
照顾者对听力损失术语和概念的理解对于其孩子听力损失医疗保健决策至关重要。
