Assessment of Parents Knowledge about Care of Children with Hearing Disorders
Author(s):
Mohammed Kadhim Saadoon, Zaid Waheed Ajil
Objective (s): To assess parents’ knowledge about the care oif children with hearing disorders and determine the relationship between such knowledge and their socio-demographic characteristics.
Methodology: A descriptive design is employed on a non-probability, convenient, sample of (25) parent of children with hearing disorders. A self-report questionnaire of (16) item is developed to assess these parents’ knowledge. Content validity and internal consistency reliability are determined through pilot study. All parents have signed a consent form for their agreement to be participants in the study and for the determination of the ethical considerations. Data are collected through the use of the observational checklist and analyzed through the application of descriptive and inferential statistical data analysis approaches.
Results: The study findings reveal that the majority of parents have fair level of knowledge (80%) and their knowledge is not significantly related to their socio-demographic characteristics.
Conclusion: The study concludes that parents lack means of developing and enhancing their knowledge and awareness about children with hearing disorders. Parents’ socio-demographic characteristics unfortunately have not influenced their knowledge about children with hearing disorders.
Recommendations: The study recommends that well-designed, constructed and implemented instructional program for parents to increase and enhance their knowledge about children with hearing disorders. Further research can be carried out on large sample size with the use of different research approaches.