Maternal knowledge and attitudes to universal newborn hearing screening: Reviewing an established program

Lam, Maggie Yee Yan; Wong, Eddie Chi Ming; Law, Chi Wai; Lee, Helena Hui Ling; McPherson, Bradley

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.12.021

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“…This finding suggests that greater work needs to be done so that prospective mothers and the general public are informed about the screening of newborn hearing and the places where this testing is offered. Research shows that better informed mothers have more positive attitudes toward universal newborn hearing screening programs [16].…”

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“…About 67% of mothers informed about newborn hearing screening had received this information at the maternity ward after giving birth, by the relevant medical staff there, just as it occurs in most countries [16]. In Nigeria mothers learned about the availability of newborn hearing screening from antenatal clinics (28%), media (11%), family members or friends (17%), Internet (44%), etc.…”

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Mothers’ perceptions of universal newborn hearing screening in transitional Albania

Qirjazi

Toçi

Tushe³

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The universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) component of the multi-center EUSCREEN project is being piloted in Albania since January 1 st 2018. The aim of this study was to explore mothers' perceptions about various elements of UNHS in Albania. A crosssectional study was carried out in the three sites of UNHS in Albania, namely in Tirana, Kukë s and Pogradec during May-June 2019. During this period 512 consecutively approached mothers giving birth to included maternity hospitals were interviewed face-toface about different aspects of UNHS. Basic socio-demographic and socioeconomic information was also collected. Mean age of participating mothers was 28.6 years ± 5.5 years. The overwhelming majority (93%) of mothers knew what their baby was being tested for, 33% were aware that hearing screening was offered in maternity hospital, 94% were very satisfied/satisfied with UNHS and about 62% were very stressed/stressed waiting for screening results, with significant sociodemographic and socioeconomic differences. The main information source about UNHS was screening staff in the maternity hospitals where mothers gave birth, reported in 67% of cases. All mothers (100%) agreed on the importance of early detection of newborn hearing problems, all mothers were willing to be informed early if their newborn baby had a hearing problem and all mothers were willing to contribute financially for testing the hearing of their newborn baby. These findings should guide information and education campaigns about UNHS in Albania. The public willingness to financially support neonatal hearing testing should be considered as an opportunity to achieve universal newborn hearing screening in the country.

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Mothers’ perceptions of universal newborn hearing screening in transitional Albania

Qirjazi

Toçi

Tushe³

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“…Almost half of the parents tested (56%) reported the belief that supernatural curses can cause HL. Positive support regarding screening programs for infant hearing was conveyed in most parental responses (96%), as was support for school-based hearing and ear health observations and examinations (99.3%) [13]. Another study regarding the hearing services showed that the attitude and practices toward hearing services for the children were highly positive.…”

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Parental knowledge and attitudes to childhood hearing loss and hearing services in Qassim, Saudi Arabia

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Background: Successful audiology service delivery depends on support from the community, and agreement to utilize hearing healthcare programs. Assessment of parents' awareness regarding hearing loss (HL) and audiology services is necessary for the development of suitable hearing programs for children. Previous studies reported that early detection and intervention for hearing problems are typically strongly supported by parents. The current study sought to evaluate parents' knowledge and attitudes regarding childhood HL and hearing services. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted at five centers in Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. A self-report questionnaire was administered to collect demographic data in addition to 31 questions regarding the knowledge and attitudes of parents toward HL. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 21 was used for data analysis. A pvalue cut-off point of 0.05 at 95% CI was used to determine statistical significance. The analyses examined the association between socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge and attitudes toward HL using chi-square tests. Results: Overall, participants included in this study were 243 participants. Of these, 105 (43.2%) were fathers, and 138 (56.8%) were mothers. Ages ranged from 21 to 60+ years. Assessment of the prevalence of various aspects of knowledge and attitudes among parents toward childhood HL revealed that 103 participants (42.4%) possessed good knowledge, while 140 participants (57.6%) possessed poor knowledge. In contrast, the attitude analysis revealed that 224 participants (92.2%) expressed positive attitudes, while only 19 participants (07.8%) showed a negative attitude regarding audiology services. We found a significant association between age group and knowledge (p = 0.002). Conclusion: Most parents in our sample possessed poor knowledge regarding childhood HL. However, most parents expressed positive attitudes regarding audiology services. The current findings suggest a need to increase awareness among parents regarding childhood HL.

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“…Neste sentido, a identificação e intervenção da deficiência auditiva nos primeiros anos de vida são fundamentais para que a criança deficiente auditiva possa adquirir e desenvolver a linguagem oral similar ao das crianças ouvintes da mesma faixa etária e, também, desenvolver aspectos socioemocionais de maneira saudável (YOSHINAGA-ITANO et al, 1998;SPERI, 2013;LAM et al, 2018).…”

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Maternal knowledge and attitudes to universal newborn hearing screening: Reviewing an established program

Cited by 24 publications

References 17 publications

Mothers’ perceptions of universal newborn hearing screening in transitional Albania

Mothers’ perceptions of universal newborn hearing screening in transitional Albania

Parental knowledge and attitudes to childhood hearing loss and hearing services in Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Vivência de mães no processo de intervenção auditiva de crianças com desordem do espectro da neuropatia auditiva

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