Pediatricians' knowledge and attitude toward hearing loss and newborn hearing screening programs

Malas, Moayyad; Aboalfaraj, Abdullah; Alamoudi, Hanin; Kurdi, Anas; Alahmadi, Turki S; Zawawi, Faisal

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111265

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“…In the meantime, public awareness is recommended to encourage parents of newborns born in non-governmental (not under the MoH) hospitals, where the UNHS program is not mandated, to seek completion of hearing screening as soon as possible after birth if not completed by the birthing hospital. Moreover, more efforts are needed to enhance the knowledge, attitude, and practice of family physicians in Saudi Arabia in counseling parents and caregivers regarding the need for follow-up visits during hearing screening and diagnosis ( Alqudah et al, 2021 ; Malas et al, 2022 ).…”

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Universal newborn hearing screening program in Saudi Arabia: Current insight

Alothman,

Elbeltagy,

Mulla

2024

Journal of Otology

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Universal newborn hearing screening program in Saudi Arabia: Current insight

Alothman,

Elbeltagy,

Mulla

2024

Journal of Otology

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“…The earlier the occurrence of hearing loss in the child's life, the more likely the impact on the child's development would be. Likewise, if the hearing loss was detected earlier, a better outcome and impact on the quality of life would be observed [6][7]. Early intervention by hearing assistive devices allow children with hearing loss the opportunity to improve their quality of life [8][9].…”

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Translation and Validation of the Hearing Environments and Reflection on Quality of Life (HEAR-QL) Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents in Arabic

AlNowaiser¹,

Bakraa²,

Alamoudi³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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BackgroundThere are numerous quality-of-life (QoL) assessment tools available; however, only a few are designed specifically for children with chronic conditions. Among these assessment tools are the Hearing Environments and Reflection on QoL questionnaires for children (HEAR-QL26, HEAR-Q28) developed by Washington University. Unfortunately, there are no other tools that assess hearing loss, and none of them are in Arabic. This paper aims to adapt the HEAR-QL to Arabic and provide an accessible method of measuring the QoL of children with hearing loss in our Arabic-speaking populations. MethodologyAn independent medical translator translated the HEAR-QL26 and HEAR-QL28 into Arabic. The translations were then examined by two bilingual, native Arabic-speaking otolaryngologists who modified the inadequate questions. Back-translation of the Arabic version into English was subsequently performed by an independent translator. Intra-rater reliability was tested for each of HEAR-QL26 and HEAR-QL28 using 10 participants for each survey, where the participants answered the surveys twice with a period of two weeks between them. A pilot study was conducted which had a total of 40 participants divided equally between the two surveys where each group had an equal number of hearing participants and participants with hearing loss. ResultsBoth HEAR-QL26 and HEAR-QL28 were validated with an overall intra-rater reliability of 88.85% and 87.86% respectively. In the pilot study, the HEAR-QL26 participants with normal hearing scored a median of 2437.5, while the participants with hearing loss scored a median of 1837.5 (p = 0.001). Moreover, HEAR-QL28 participants had a median score of 2725 among participants with normal hearing and 1725 for participants with hearing loss (p = 0.001). ConclusionHEAR-QL is a well-established QoL in children with hearing loss. The validated Arabic adaptation can now be used to measure deafness in Arabic-speaking children.

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