The Needs of Families having Children with Hearing Loss in Saudi Araba from Their Perspectives

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the needs of families having children with hearing loss in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from their perspectives. The study followed a descriptive analytical approach, with a sample consisting of (118( families. The results showed that the need of families having children with hearing loss were very high. The identifed needs were as the following: needs related to society, needs related to material and moral support, and needs related to information. The results showed that there were no signifcant differences in the sample needs according to the variables of the study, except for the domain of needs related to society, in which the differences came in favor of the females. The study recommended the necessity of concerted offcial and civil efforts to fulfl the needs of families who have children with hearing loss.