احتياجات أسر الأطفال ذوي الفقدان السمعي في المملكة العربية السعودية من منظورهم

Abstract EN

The study aimed to identify the needs of families having children with hearing loss in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from their perspectives.

The study followed a descriptive analytical approach, with a sample consisting of (118) families.

The results showed that the need of families having children with hearing loss were very high.

The identified needs were as the following : needs related to society, needs related to material and moral support, and needs related to information.

The results showed that there were no significant differences in the sample needs according to the variables of the study, except for the domain of needs related to society, in which the differences came in favor of the females.

The study recommended the necessity of concerted official and civil efforts to fulfil the needs of families who have children with hearing loss.