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

ABSTRACT:

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

SUBMITTER: Hussein D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9444090 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature