Journal article
Socio-Emotional Experiences and Wellbeing of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Their Parents before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
AN Gillespie, L Smith, DA Shepherd, J Xu, R Khanal, V Sung
Children | Published : 2023
Abstract
Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children in Victoria, Australia, were exposed to strict public health restrictions, including sustained lockdowns, during the COVID-19 pandemic. DHH children have higher health and socio-emotional needs than their hearing peers. We aimed to (1) describe the socio-emotional experiences of DHH children and their parents and (2) compare child and parent socio-emotional wellbeing, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Between May and September 2020, 497 (62%) parents of DHH children from the Victorian Childhood Hearing Longitudinal Databank completed an online survey. Measures were drawn from the CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey (CRISIS) v3.0. Data were summariz..
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Funding Acknowledgements
VicCHILD is funded by The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation Grants (2014-430 and 2018-999), the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, the Centre for Research Excellence-Child Language (CRE-CL 1023493), the Phyllis Connor Memorial Trust, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Cottrell Research Establishment Fellowship, the Kyle Patrick Lamsam Convery Foundation, and the Nelson Alexander Charitable Foundation. The data collection for this study was supported by the Melbourne Children's Campus Lifecourse initiative for research into the impacts of COVID-19 on children, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Victor Chiodo Foundation, and Morgan Stanley. Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. A/Prof Sung is supported by a Melbourne Children's Campus Clinician-Scientist Fellowship 2021. A/Prof Sung and Dr. Gillespie are supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies grant (2006491).