
First information parents receive after UNHS detection of their baby's hearing loss
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- Liesbet Matthijs (UGent) , Gerrit Loots (UGent) , Kimberley Mouvet (UGent) , Mieke Van Herreweghe (UGent) , Stefan Hardonk, Geert Van Hove (UGent) , Martine Van Puyvelde and Greg Leigh
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- The first information parents receive after referral through Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) has significant consequences for later care-related decisions they take and thus for the future of the child with a hearing loss. In this study, 11 interviews were conducted with a representative sample of Flemish service providers to discover (a) the content of the information provided to parents and (b) the service providers' assumptions and beliefs concerning deafness and care. To do this, we conducted an interpretative phenomenological analysis, followed by a discourse analysis. Results showed that parents receive diverse information, depending on the reference center to which they are referred. Moreover, all service providers used a medical discourse. We suggest that there is value to be gained from closer consideration of the nature of follow-up services provided in response to UNHS in Flanders and from auditing the professional preparation of service providers that are involved in providing information to parents.
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- SERVICES, LANGUAGE, PEDIATRIC COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION, DEAF-CHILDREN, SCREENING-PROGRAM, DECISION-MAKING, INTERVENTION, FAMILIES, FLANDERS, IDENTIFICATION
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-3259493
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- Matthijs, Liesbet, et al. “First Information Parents Receive after UNHS Detection of Their Baby’s Hearing Loss.” JOURNAL OF DEAF STUDIES AND DEAF EDUCATION, vol. 17, no. 4, 2012, pp. 387–401, doi:10.1093/deafed/ens020.
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- Matthijs, L., Loots, G., Mouvet, K., Van Herreweghe, M., Hardonk, S., Van Hove, G., … Leigh, G. (2012). First information parents receive after UNHS detection of their baby’s hearing loss. JOURNAL OF DEAF STUDIES AND DEAF EDUCATION, 17(4), 387–401. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/ens020
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- Matthijs, Liesbet, Gerrit Loots, Kimberley Mouvet, Mieke Van Herreweghe, Stefan Hardonk, Geert Van Hove, Martine Van Puyvelde, and Greg Leigh. 2012. “First Information Parents Receive after UNHS Detection of Their Baby’s Hearing Loss.” JOURNAL OF DEAF STUDIES AND DEAF EDUCATION 17 (4): 387–401. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/ens020.
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- Matthijs, Liesbet, Gerrit Loots, Kimberley Mouvet, Mieke Van Herreweghe, Stefan Hardonk, Geert Van Hove, Martine Van Puyvelde, and Greg Leigh. 2012. “First Information Parents Receive after UNHS Detection of Their Baby’s Hearing Loss.” JOURNAL OF DEAF STUDIES AND DEAF EDUCATION 17 (4): 387–401. doi:10.1093/deafed/ens020.
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- 1.Matthijs L, Loots G, Mouvet K, Van Herreweghe M, Hardonk S, Van Hove G, et al. First information parents receive after UNHS detection of their baby’s hearing loss. JOURNAL OF DEAF STUDIES AND DEAF EDUCATION. 2012;17(4):387–401.
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- [1]L. Matthijs et al., “First information parents receive after UNHS detection of their baby’s hearing loss,” JOURNAL OF DEAF STUDIES AND DEAF EDUCATION, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 387–401, 2012.
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