Mental Health of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists in India during COVID-19: A Survey.
The latest coronavirus outbreak (coronavirus disease-2019) was classified as a global pandemic by the World
Health Organization on March 11, 2020. The pandemic and social isolation policies had a significant impact on adolescent daily life leading to school closures, switch to remote learning, restrictions on leaving their homes, and the inability to socialize with classmates.
Although, there is now some information regarding how the epidemic has affected people, particularly adults’ mental health. Most of the effects of the pandemic on the well-being of adolescents and their personal experiences are unknown.
For some time to come, COVID-19 will remain a part of life for some time, and social isolation remains one of the most effective ways to combat its development. Due to COVID-19, hospitals have reduced staffing and wages, ambulatory practices have considered closing and bankruptcies possible.
Similar to how audiological practices were forced to curtail staff hours, close offices, and lower remuneration during the COVID-19 pandemic, which had a severe effect on allied health professionals. The similar issue has been raised in India, where audiologists and speech-language pathologists are among those involved. Concerns about mental health in the broader public have increased as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Otolaryngol Open J. 2023; 8(1): 8-13. doi: 10.17140/OTLOJ-8-166
