NATURAL DEAF EDUCATION FOR THE COMMUNITY

Puguh Setyo Nugroho (Departemen / Kelompok Staf Medis Telinga Hidung Tenggorok Bedah Kepala dan Leher Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Airlangga , Rumah Sakit Universitas Airlangga Surabaya)
Agustinus Agustinus (1. Departemen Biologi Kedokteran Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Airlangga 2. Kelompok Staf Medis Andrologi RSUD Dr. Soetomo Surabaya)
William William (1. Program Studi Spesialis Andrologi Departemen Biologi Kedokteran Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Airlangga, RSUD Dr. Soetomo Surabaya 2. Departemen Biologi Kedokteran Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya Ja)
Eko Budi Siswidiyanto (Program Studi Spesialis Andrologi Departemen Biologi Kedokteran Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Airlangga, RSUD Dr. Soetomo Surabaya)
Nur Rohmah (Departemen / Kelompok Staf Medis Ilmu Kesehatan Anak Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Airlangga, RSUD Dr. Soetomo Surabaya)
Zakiyatul Faizah (Departemen Biologi Kedokteran Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Airlangga)

Jurnal Layanan Masyarakat (Journal of Public Service)
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022): JURNAL LAYANAN MASYARAKAT

Congenital deafness will impact the quality of life of affected individuals if they do not obtain early detection and intervention. Socialization of congenital deafness is needed, thereby the community can engage in early detection and intervention efforts. Socializing about the early detection and intervention of congenital deafness. Educational activities are carried out with counseling using the lecture method, discussion, and pretest and posttest. The average pretest result was 62.03 (± 11.51) and the posttest average was 88.39 (± 13.41). Based on the comparison between the pretest and posttest results, we found a significant difference (p < 0.0001) statistically. Public knowledge of congenital deafness needs to be improved in order to increase community participation in terms of  early detection and intervention.