A Review of the Relationship Between the Needs of Mothers Who Have Hearing Impairment Children and Their State-Trait Anxiety Levels

This descriptive research was carried out to identify the relationship between the needs of those mothers who have hearing impairment children and their state/trait anxiety levels. Significant positive relationships were found between the mothers' state anxiety level and the overall FNS score, the subscales of Need for Information, Help Explaining to Others, Community Services, Financial Assistance and Family Functioning and also significant positive relationship were found between the trait anxiety level and the overall FNS score, the subscales of Need for Information, Need for Support, Help Explaining to Others Community Services, Financial Assistance and Family Functioning.