TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparative study of psychosocial development in children who receive cochlear implants
AU - Warner-Czyz, Andrea D.
AU - Loy, Betty
AU - Roland, Peter S.
AU - Tobey, Emily A.
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - Objectives: This study assessed self-reported quality of life of children with a cochlear implant (CI), comparing results with two published reports from the past decade Methods: Participants included 33 pediatric CI recipients with a mean age of 10.12 years (SD = 3.59), mean implantation age of 1.36 years (SD = 0.46), and mean CI experience of 6.23 years (SD = 1.75). Children in all three studies completed a self-report quality-of-life questionnaire that included seven benefit and six problem items, rated on a 5-point Likert scale Results: Outcomes revealed agreement across studies in overall benefit and problem ratings. Environmental awareness and frustration reduction were the most and least positively rated outcomes, respectively. Items contributing to overall ratings differed across studies. Current CI recipients rated speech production, making new friends, and understanding speech more positively and taking extra care of the device more negatively than previous generations of pediatric CI users Discussion: Overall, benefits outweigh problems of the device, according to children using CI. Differences in issues motivating self-report ratings reflect changes in CI candidacy, technology, and social participation over the past decade. These findings emphasize the need for clinicians to address not only communication needs, but also quality-of-life issues to optimize outcomes in children using CI.
AB - Objectives: This study assessed self-reported quality of life of children with a cochlear implant (CI), comparing results with two published reports from the past decade Methods: Participants included 33 pediatric CI recipients with a mean age of 10.12 years (SD = 3.59), mean implantation age of 1.36 years (SD = 0.46), and mean CI experience of 6.23 years (SD = 1.75). Children in all three studies completed a self-report quality-of-life questionnaire that included seven benefit and six problem items, rated on a 5-point Likert scale Results: Outcomes revealed agreement across studies in overall benefit and problem ratings. Environmental awareness and frustration reduction were the most and least positively rated outcomes, respectively. Items contributing to overall ratings differed across studies. Current CI recipients rated speech production, making new friends, and understanding speech more positively and taking extra care of the device more negatively than previous generations of pediatric CI users Discussion: Overall, benefits outweigh problems of the device, according to children using CI. Differences in issues motivating self-report ratings reflect changes in CI candidacy, technology, and social participation over the past decade. These findings emphasize the need for clinicians to address not only communication needs, but also quality-of-life issues to optimize outcomes in children using CI.
KW - Children
KW - Cochlear implant
KW - Hearing loss
KW - Quality of life
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U2 - 10.1179/1754762812Y.0000000021
DO - 10.1179/1754762812Y.0000000021
M3 - Article
C2 - 23394623
AN - SCOPUS:84887715052
SN - 1467-0100
VL - 14
SP - 266
EP - 275
JO - Cochlear Implants International
JF - Cochlear Implants International
IS - 5
ER -