معارف الوالدين واتجاهاتهم تجاه تأخر النطق لدى الأطفال دون سن الخامسة في مركز السمع والنطق بمدينة كربلاء المقدسة

Knowledge and Attitudes of Parents' toward Speech Delay among Children Under 5-Years at Hearing and Speech Center in Holy Kerbala City

A speech delay occurs when a youngster does not reach the expected speech milestones for their chronological age. Language barriers prevent the youngster from communicating successfully, and the vast majority of children will display signs of long-term academic and social weaknesses. There’s a possibility that the effect will be felt. To name a few, There are issues with comprehensible speech, working memory, and sophisticated vocabulary.
Objective: The present study aims to assess the parent’s knowledge and attitude toward speech delay among children under 5 years and also to determine the relationship between parent’s knowledge and attitude toward speech delay and same sociodemographic such as age, gender, level of education, work of parents.
Methodology: A descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study was used. The research has been carried out in the Hearing and Speech Center at the Holy Kerbala City. A non-probability convenience sample (100) parents of children under 5 years with speech delay was used to determine appropriateness. The data were analyzed by using the program of Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 22.
Results: The study found that low levels of parent’s knowledge and attitude about speech delay among children under 5 years of old. Also shows that a significant relationship between parent’s knowledge and attitude about speech delay among children under 5 years of old and some demographic characteristics of study sample according to chi-square tests at P- value > 0.05.
Conclusion: The present study concluded that majority of participants from mothers of child represented 76% from study sample, according to the age of parents, the majority were with age group 26-35 years represented 41%, and also shows that low level of parent’s knowledge toward speech delay among children under 5 years of old. Also founded that low to a moderate level of parent’s attitudes toward speech delay among children under 5 years This leads to a delay in diagnosis, management and rehabilitation.
Recommendation: Encourages parents specially fathers to attend the sessions and lectures on hearing and speech training of their children and give a clear idea about the important role that fathers play in the treatment and management of speech delay. Focusing on early diagnosis of any speech disorders by parents, teachers specially primary schools, and caregivers, by preparing lectures and posters about speech disorders and how the diagnosis of this problem. Give special attention to children (male gender) when dealing with speech disorders.