Primary care professionals’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards paediatric hearing loss

Introduction Primary care professionals (PCPs) acts as first encounters in various medical conditions. The awareness on the importance of early detection as well as management of childhood hearing loss (HL) is crucial as it imposed great impact on speech and language development. Objectives This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice towards paediatric HL among PCPs. Methodology This was a cross sectional study involving PCPs by means of QR codes containing self-reported questionnaires using Google Form. Results 120 out of 505 PCPs responded with the response rate of 23.8%. Majority of the PCPs showed substantial knowledge on risks factors related to childhood HL. Most of the PCPs believed that Newborn Hearing Screening (NHS) were important (90.8%) but only 12.5% had confidence to render the NHS results. 76.7% of PCPs revealed that they were not properly equipped with childhood HL during their medical training. PCPs showed preponderance towards online continuous medical education (CME) as medium of choice to improve awareness on childhood hearing loss. Conclusion Despite showing satisfactory knowledge and attitude towards paediatric HL among PCPs, the clinical practice on this matter is still lacking.