Maternal knowledge on infant hearing loss and acceptability of hearing aids as an intervention at a Referral Hospital in southwestern Uganda

Seguya, Amina; Bajunirwe, Francis; Kakande, Elijah; Nakku, Doreen

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110722

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“…Indeed, for other risk factors (drugs, convulsions, asphyxia, native medicine, and measles), the knowledge was poor to some extent, as the percentage of knowledge for these risk factors was 46%, 32%, 44%, 34%, and 36%, respectively. The maternal knowledge about the ototoxicity effect of drugs in previous studies Olusanya et al, ( 2006 ), Seguya et al, ( 2021 ), and Ravi et al, ( 2016 ), was comparable with the present results but surprisingly was different from Kaspar et al, ( 2017 ), while the percentage of positive answers was 43.3%. The author considered it to be good knowledge and attributed it to the quinine-based malaria treatment, which caused ototoxicity.…”

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“…With respect to measles, contradictory results were reported in previous studies; for example, in the study by Olusanya et al, ( 2006 ), where the study was performed in Nigeria, a high level of knowledge was reported by mothers about measles as a risk factor for hearing loss. Additionally, in Seguya et al, ( 2021 ) where the study was performed in Uganda, a high level of knowledge was detected for measles. In contrast, in Wang et al, ( 2017 ) and Swanepoel & Almec ( 2008 ), where these studies were performed in China and South Africa, respectively, the knowledge of measles was poor, similar to the present results.…”

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“…Wang et al, ( 2017 ) and Alsudays et al, ( 2020 ) reported a similar result, as the participants had the lowest awareness toward jaundice, and this was a surprising finding since jaundice is well known to be very frequent in infants. However, this might be due to the misconception that jaundice would be normal in infancy regardless of its severity (Seguya et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…Another study was performed in Northern India to gain insights into nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward hearing loss in infants (Sanju et al, 2018 ). While a study in southwestern Uganda investigated factors associated with hearing aids refusal among mothers (Seguya et al, 2021 ). Another study from the Solomon Islands aimed to develop health promotion activities for reducing preventable causes of congenital hearing loss (Kaspar et al, 2017 ).…”

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Views of Syrian Mothers in Ankara on Infant Hearing Loss: Cross-sectional Survey

Hussein

D’Alessandro

Batuk

et al. 2022

Matern Child Health J

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Background Mothers’ awareness of hearing loss, its risk factors, and available detection and intervention choices have been well known to play an essential role in the early detection and intervention of hearing loss. Objective To investigate the knowledge and attitude of Syrian mothers toward infant hearing loss, early identification, and intervention. Methods The “Maternal Views on Infant Hearing Loss” questionnaire was adapted and translated into Arabic and then administered to 100 Syrian mothers living in different neighborhoods in Ankara within the age range of 18–68 years old. The internal consistency for the main domains of the questionnaire was tested by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient were used to evaluate the responses. Results The highest level of knowledge about the risk factors was about noise exposure (76%), while the lowest level of knowledge was about jaundice (25%). While 98% of the mothers had a positive attitude toward early detection, 97% of them did not mind the early intervention. Conclusions The present findings showed the need to improve mothers’ awareness about infant hearing loss risk factors, available detection, and intervention. Such results may help in performing programs that aim to increase awareness about hearing loss. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10995-022-03488-1.

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Views of Syrian Mothers in Ankara on Infant Hearing Loss: Cross-sectional Survey

Hussein

D’Alessandro

Batuk

et al. 2022

Matern Child Health J

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Infant Hearing Loss: Are Mothers Aware?

Asghar,

Mumtaz,

Saqulain

et al. 2024

PJHS

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If hearing impairment goes unnoticed, negative effects on the infant’s communication, academic, learning, socio-emotional, and language skills occur. Mothers have an essential and significant role in screening and early intervention. Hence, the level of their knowledge and attitude needs to be addressed. Objective: To determine the maternal awareness towards infant hearing loss. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Isra University, Islamabad from February to July 2020. The study recruited a sample of n=377 pregnant women aged 18-45 years, utilizing convenience sampling. A basic demographic sheet and a Maternal Awareness about Hearing Loss questionnaire were used for data collection. Data were statistically analyzed using SPSS Version 26.0. ANOVA and independent sample t-test statistics were utilized to determine any significant difference in knowledge and attitude scores for demographic variables and p< 0.05 was considered significant. Results: Overall mothers responded positively to knowledge and attitude items with good scores for knowledge (25.71 ± 6.27) and attitude (8.01 ± 1.88). There was a significant (p<0.05) difference in knowledge and attitude scores for educational level, financial status, and employment status and age revealed significant difference for level of knowledge. Conclusions: This study concluded that maternal awareness about hearing loss is variably distributed for different risk factors and has a positive attitude about hearing loss and a highly positive attitude and willingness to accept the management options in case hearing loss is detected.

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Maternal knowledge on infant hearing loss and acceptability of hearing aids as an intervention at a Referral Hospital in southwestern Uganda

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Views of Syrian Mothers in Ankara on Infant Hearing Loss: Cross-sectional Survey

Views of Syrian Mothers in Ankara on Infant Hearing Loss: Cross-sectional Survey

Infant Hearing Loss: Are Mothers Aware?

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