Objectives: The telephone use is correlated to the quality of life, and is one of the greatest expectations of the patients who candidate for cochlear implantation. The objective of this work was to evaluate the benefit of a progressive and intensive training including 18 sessions, directly conducted on telephone, in cochlear implant recipients.
Material and Methods: Nine cochlear-implanted adults underwent with a Speech and Language Pathologist, remote training specifically focused on the telephone use . They were evaluated before and after this training. Evaluation was comprised with monosyllabic words (Lafon), and sentences (MBAA) in quiet, cocktail-party noisy environment, and via phone.The telephone use (ad hoc surveys, number of calls), and the quality of life (Ersa, Aphab)were aseessed.
Results:Before training, the repetition of monosyllabic words was lesser by telephone than in direct voice (and 64 % ± 5.7 vs 26 % ± 5.3,mean ± SEM, p <0.05). After the 6-weeks training, the "note taking" task of a telephone message was improved (85.0 ± 3.7 vs 50.0 ± 9.0 out of 100, p<0.001). Daily use of phone self-evaluated (57.0 ± 4.3 vs 29 ± 5.4 out of 100, p <0.0001) and the number of calls made the week before the assessment also improved (0.0 ± 0.0 vs 11.0 ± 3.0, p <0.0001).
Conclusions:A progressive and intensive training program delivered over the telephone, improved the use of the telephone in daily life of cochlear-implanted adults.
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