Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Exploring Parental Experiences of Childhood Ear Health Clinics and Their Acceptability of AI‐Based Diagnostic Tools: A Qualitative Study
Originally published 2025-09-02 · Health Expectations : An International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy
Wiley · DOI 10.1111/hex.70421 ↗
AI / system type
Proposed narrow otitis media diagnostic AI
Direct parenting evidenceDirectly addresses parents or caregiving, including parent studies, syntheses and audits of parenting advice.
The AI connection
Interview questions explicitly examine machine-learning tools for childhood ear-disease diagnosis.
Why this reading matters
Connects parental judgment about AI to the actual care pathway rather than to technology enthusiasm alone.
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Would an AI ear assessment solve the part of care that troubles our family?
Parents saw possible access and diagnostic benefits from AI but raised concerns about its development and use. Their accounts place AI acceptance within real experiences of waiting, uncertainty, and child-friendly care.
Study context
Ten parents at an Adelaide teaching hospital’s ENT or audiology clinics participated; nine were mothers and most lived in moderately or highly advantaged areas.
Age / stage: Children attending otitis media services; child ages not specified
Read with three questions
- Which current service problems did parents hope AI might address?
- What did parents want to know before accepting a diagnostic tool?
- How could rural, non-English-speaking, or disadvantaged families have different priorities?
Keep the limits in view
Only ten of twenty-six interested parents completed interviews, and all spoke English. No AI tool was deployed or diagnostically tested, so perceived benefits remain expectations within a homogeneous urban sample.
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Jacqueline H. Stephens; Celine Northcott; Amanda Machell; Trent Lewis; Eng H. Ooi (2025). Exploring Parental Experiences of Childhood Ear Health Clinics and Their Acceptability of AI‐Based Diagnostic Tools: A Qualitative Study Health Expectations : An International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70421
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