Concerns of Indian Mothers with Children Having Severe-to-Profound Hearing Impairment at Diagnosis and after 1–3 Years of Therapy
Joint Authors
Source
Rehabilitation Research and Practice
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-08-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Counseling training in graduate programs continues to be underrepresented.
If parental queries are not addressed adequately, they keep visiting one doctor after another.
Objective.
The aim of the study is to identify maternal needs of children with hearing impairment at two stages of habilitation, that is, just after diagnosis (group I) and after receiving 1 to 3 years of language therapy (group II).
Methods.
Two groups of mothers were asked to speak their queries about aural habilitation of their children.
Queries were recorded, summarized, and categorized as per their priorities.
Results.
Group I mothers wanted to know about how the child would learn to listen and speak (45%), causes of hearing loss (33.7%), understanding the ear and hearing (10.2%), understanding the audiogram (7%), and coping with emotional aspects of hearing loss (5%), while group II parents had priorities concerning speech development (24.5%) followed by child independence and employment (17.3%), schooling (15.6%), problem behaviors (11%), amplification device (9.4%), duration of therapy (8%), future of the child (8%), and questions about how can my child get adjusted to the “normal” world (6%).
Conclusions.
Culture- and language-specific materials to explain these issues need to be developed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rout, Nachiketa& Khanna, Megha. 2012. Concerns of Indian Mothers with Children Having Severe-to-Profound Hearing Impairment at Diagnosis and after 1–3 Years of Therapy. Rehabilitation Research and Practice،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rout, Nachiketa& Khanna, Megha. Concerns of Indian Mothers with Children Having Severe-to-Profound Hearing Impairment at Diagnosis and after 1–3 Years of Therapy. Rehabilitation Research and Practice No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-483532
American Medical Association (AMA)
Rout, Nachiketa& Khanna, Megha. Concerns of Indian Mothers with Children Having Severe-to-Profound Hearing Impairment at Diagnosis and after 1–3 Years of Therapy. Rehabilitation Research and Practice. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-483532
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-483532