Pediatric Hearing Aid Management: Experiences and Perspectives of Spanish-Speaking Parents.
Purpose: The purpose of the study was twofold: (a) to explore hearing aid management experiences of Spanish-speaking parents who have young children using hearing aids and (b) to explore parents' access to the Internet and perceptions about remote audiology services. Method: The study used a mixed m...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Audiology Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 812 - 823 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Dec2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=173998884&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 173998884 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10590889 5KS jtl: American Journal of Audiology issn: 10590889 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2023 vid: 32 iid: 4 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association place: Rockville, Maryland artinfo: ui: 173998884 173998884 173998884 10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00070 173998884 ppf: 812 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Pediatric Hearing Aid Management: Experiences and Perspectives of Spanish-Speaking Parents. aug: au: Muñoz, Karen Guillen, Diego Muñoz, Carlos Twohig, Michael P. affil: Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University, Logan sug: subj: Hearing Aids In Infancy and Childhood Health Services Accessibility Internet Access Parental Attitudes Telemedicine Hearing Disorders Therapy Life Experiences Spanish Language Hearing Aid Care Human Child Multimethod Studies Interviews Mothers Infant Child, Preschool Confidence Quantitative Studies Attitude to Medical Treatment United States Puerto Rico Thematic Analysis Descriptive Statistics Child: 6-12 years Infant: 1-23 months Child, Preschool: 2-5 years ab: Purpose: The purpose of the study was twofold: (a) to explore hearing aid management experiences of Spanish-speaking parents who have young children using hearing aids and (b) to explore parents' access to the Internet and perceptions about remote audiology services. Method: The study used a mixed methods design. Data were collected through a phone interview. Results: Eleven mothers of children aged 14-60 months participated. Most of the children (9/11) had a bilateral hearing loss, and two had an additional disability. Three themes emerged for hearing aid management experiences: audiology services, routines, and emotional challenges/supports. Parents had variable levels of confidence in their skills ranging from no confidence to complete confidence, with the greatest variability for three items: (a) using the listening tube to make sure that the sound quality of the hearing aid is good, (b) removing moisture from the earmold tubing, and (c) troubleshooting problems when your child's hearing aids are not working. All participants reported having consistent Internet access and had positive perceptions about the possibility of remote audiology services. Conclusions: This study provided insights into hearing aid management experiences and perceptions of Spanish-speaking parents. Parents described variability for audiology services, routines for hearing aid use and care, and access to other parents of children with hearing loss. Spanish-speaking parents present additional elements in the hearing care process that need to be incorporated in planning. Remote services may be an opportunity to enhance access to support that could improve effectiveness of hearing aid management. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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