Keywords
Hearing Aids
Hearing
Hearing Loss
Covid-19
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Abstract
Objective: To verify the family reading/storytelling habits, playful activities, musical stimulation, screen time and parents’/guardians’ perception of the communicative performance of children/adolescents with hearing loss using hearing aid in a sector of public institution, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: An observational, quantitative and transversal research. A semi-structured questionnaire was applied to those responsible for children and adolescents with hearing loss, users of hearing aids and undergoing speech therapy addressing family habits and perception of their children’s communicative performance. Results: All parents’/guardians’ maintained habits of stimulating communicative skills during the period of suspension of speech therapy, including reading, storytelling and musical activities. In addition, parents’ reported greater screen time, perceived greater difficulty in communication and listening effort of their kids during this period. However, there was no association between the habits of stimulation of communicative skills and perception[1] of communicative performance (p>0,05). Conclusion: It was possible to verify that most of children/adolescents parents’/guardians’ maintained habits of stimulation of communicative skills during the period of suspension of speech therapy, in addition to increased access time to screens and greater listening effort of their kids.
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