Why parents refuse newborn hearing screening in South Africa?

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2014 Jul;78(7):1197-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.04.047. Epub 2014 May 6.

Authors

De Wet Swanepoel¹, Lucia Scheepers², Talita le Roux²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Ear Sciences Centre, School of Surgery, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia; Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, Australia. Electronic address: dewet.swanepoel@up.ac.za.
² Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

PMID: 24833167
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.04.047

No abstract available

Keywords: Follow-up; Hearing loss; Newborn hearing screening.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
Humans
Male
Neonatal Screening / methods*
Parents / psychology*
Patient Compliance / statistics & numerical data*
Refusal to Participate / statistics & numerical data*