Training Teachers and Parents on Verbal Communication among Children with Hearing Impairment: Preliminary Results from Schools in Kenya

Lawal, Luqman; Karia, Mathew Kinyua; Buttars, Chalese; Larsen, Jeffery B.; Mulwafu, Wakisa; Mukara, Kaitesi Batamuliza

doi:10.4172/2375-4427.1000159

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“…Conversely, this result is in contrary with a study performed by Lawal et al, (2016) (52) , who reported that, about less than three quarters (72.3%) of the children had poor score related to the levels of pediatric quality of life.…”

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Parents' Perception of Quality of Life of their Elementary School Children with Hearing Impairment Using Hearing Aids

Atia¹,

Elkazeh

Mohamed

2021

Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal

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Background: Hearing impairment is the most common disabilities that have negative impact on the quality of life of affected children and their families. The aim of this study was to: assess parents' perception level of quality of life of their elementary school children with hearing impairment using hearing aids. Subjects and method: Study design: A descriptive study design was utilized in this study. Study settings: This study was conducted in audiology out-patient clinic of the School Health Insurance Hospital at Tanta City. Study subjects: A convenient sampling of 150 of elementary school students who diagnosed with hearing impairment using hearing aids and their parents which constitute 150 were included in the study. Tool of data collection: one tool was used by the researcher to collect the necessary data. Tool I: A structured interview schedule: this tool included five parts: Part (1): Socio-demographic characteristics of the students and their parents. Part (2): History of hearing impairment and using hearing aids. Part (3): History of the academic achievement of the students. Part (4): Children using hearing devices quality of life. Part (5): Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Results: about half (47.3%) of the child's performance after fitting of hearing aids was fair, while less than half (42.7%) of them had good, less than two thirds (61.3%) of the studied school children' parents had a fair score regarding quality of life and nearly one fifth (20.0% and 18.7% respectively) of the studied school children' parents had a good and poor score. Also there was a highly significant positive correlation between levels of pediatric quality of life inventory of the studied school children and the levels of the studied school children parents of their children using hearing device quality of life as (p=0.000) and (r=0.407). Conclusion: It can be concluded that, less than two thirds of studied school children parents had a fair score according to their children using hearing devices quality of life. Recommendations: It was recommended that, written instructions about hearing aids in the form of booklets or brochures should be provided to each child with hearing impairment using hearing aids and their parents in order to encourage them in effective adherence to the plan of care.

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Parents' Perception of Quality of Life of their Elementary School Children with Hearing Impairment Using Hearing Aids

Atia¹,

Elkazeh

Mohamed

2021

Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal

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“…Guardians and staff members were allowed to assist the target group for better understanding of the questionnaires. [ 12 ] Similarly, hearing disability also plays a role of barrier in the collection of data. Thus, the study selected the required group with the help of displaying videos.…”

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Extent of awareness regarding oral health and dental treatment needs among individuals with hearing and speech impairments in Saudi Arabia

Mustafa

Asiri

Alghannam

et al. 2018

J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

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Objective:This study aims to evaluate the awareness level of the individuals with hearing and speech impairments (deaf and dumb individuals), in relation to their oral health and dental treatment needs.Materials and Methods:The approach of stratified randomization method of sampling was used for the selection of participants. About 240 people with hearing and speech impairments (deaf and dumb) were selected from four cities of Saudi Arabia, which includes AlKharj, Riyadh, Dammam and Abha. A questionnaire of two sections was distributed among the participants for collecting data. A simple descriptive analysis was done, and the data were expressed in terms of frequencies and percentages. Microsoft Excel has been used for compilation of data and execution of graphs. Moreover, the questionnaire data were subject to SPSS data analysis (IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 22.0, Armonk, IBM Corp. NY).Results:Most of the participants were not aware of the importance of oral health. Majority of the participants described that they did not visit qualified dentists in the past and many of them did not know the right way of doing tooth brushing. Hence, deaf and dumb individuals lack basic knowledge about oral health and dental treatment needs.Conclusion:The study concluded that the awareness level of oral health and dental treatment needs is low among individuals with hearing and speech impairments (deaf and dumb) in Saudi Arabia.

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Training Teachers and Parents on Verbal Communication among Children with Hearing Impairment: Preliminary Results from Schools in Kenya

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Parents' Perception of Quality of Life of their Elementary School Children with Hearing Impairment Using Hearing Aids

Parents' Perception of Quality of Life of their Elementary School Children with Hearing Impairment Using Hearing Aids

Extent of awareness regarding oral health and dental treatment needs among individuals with hearing and speech impairments in Saudi Arabia

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