JLA Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss: Adult survey demographic summary

Author

Anisa Visram

Published

August 1, 2024

A survey was conducted under the JLA framework. The adult survey (English language and BSL versions) was released on 23rd April 2024, and closed on 31st July 2024.

The data below are from the English language and BSL adult surveys only. We present the demographic data from the respondents.

Data for the children’s surveys will be reported separately.

1 Numbers and types of respondent

  • Total number of respondents providing at least one question: 431.

  • Total number of respondents providing at least one question from BSL survey: 10.

  • Total number of questions submitted: 1204.

  • An easy-read version of the survey was made available towards the end of the process but there were no responses submitted to this version.

‘Other’ professions entered were: Researcher, public health, Speech and Language Therapist - Children’s Audiology Team leader, Information provider, founder of https://silencespeaks.io, QTOD on implant programme, Retired Specialist Teaching Assistant for Deaf?HI children, NHS Professional, Communication Support Worker, Research, IT Technician, I offer individual professional coaching to deaf young people, Teacher of the Deaf/HH, Psychologist, School nurse, STP student, HLTA, Mental health professionals - clinical psychologist, Audiology within an educational capacity, interpreter, DeafCAMHS

2 Deomgraphic data

2.1 Location

2.2 Ethnicity

2.3 Sex

  • Ratio female:male (parents): 8.3:1

  • Ratio female:male (professionals): 6.4:1

  • Ratio female:male (young people): 3.3:1

2.4 Date of responses

The largest peak corresponds to NDCS emailing their membership list directly for the first time. The second largest peak corresponds to a second direct email to NDCS members. The smaller peaks tie in with NDCS social media activity. There was a modest peak around teh time of BSA conference (17-18 June).

2.5 Types of hearing loss

3 What communities are under-represented?

  • Far fewer young people have completed the adult survey than parents/carers and professionals

  • Wales is under-represented compared to the other home nations

  • ‘White’ ethnicities are over-represented.

  • Over twice as many education professionals have responded as have audiology professionals.

  • Men are highly under-represented. This is particularly pertinent for the ‘Parent/carer’ and ‘Young person’ categories, since there is a known bias towards females in terms of professionals working with children with hearing loss.