Challenges faced by the families of children with hearing impairment
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2023
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UMT, Lahore
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The disability of a child exacerbates family problems. There wasn't much information on how to do this study before The child's ability to hear their parents is influenced by the laterality of their hearing loss, the placement of any cochlear implants, and other factors. In this quantitative investigation, the relationships. People now have a conceptual foundation for comprehending how each family member is a part of a bigger unit whose actions, feelings, and experiences affect everyone else in the family. The family systems theory is where this framework is derived. Those who replied to a survey asking them to rate their own levels of stress on a Likert scale as parents of hard-of-hearing children who reside and get care in Pakistan provided the data for this study. An internet hosting platform was used to collect data from 151 individuals, which was then examined using ANOVA, factor analysis, and descriptive statistics. Except for communicative stress markers, parents of cochlear patients (n = 37) who had hearing implants reported being the most stressed. Communication issues (n = 56) were the most frequently reported (with reference to hearing children's parents who are blind in one ear). The 58 parents who were actively listening to their children who were unilaterally deaf performed the lowest. One of the main factors contributing to parental stress was the different perspectives of educators and healthcare providers. The findings of this study shed light on how hearing parents' levels of stress are affected by a child's hearing loss, resulting in beneficial social change. The resources that are available to families, care providers, and educational institutions may be improved with the aid of this knowledge.