Objectives:The present study was designed to compare the quality of communication life (QCL) between prelingually deafened adults with cochlear implants (ACI) and adults with normal-hearing (ANH), seeking to determine the relationship between QCL and communication abilities of ACI while investigating the predictors of QCL. Methods: The QCL scale of 18 ACI and 18 age-matched ANH was measured. Communication abilities of ACI, such as listening, receptive vocabulary and articulation were also evaluated. A t-test was conducted to examine the differences between the groups according to sub-factors of QCL. Pearson correlation analysis was performed to examine the relationship between the communication ability and QCL of ACI. Finally, multiple regression analysis was performed to evaluate predictor factors of QCL for ACI. Results: ACI scored significantly lower than ANH on the QCL scale. They also showed significantly lower scores among the sub-factors of QCL: communication efficacy, daily life participation, and communication attitude. Among the communication abilities, listening ability (monosyllabic word, bisyllabic word, sentence) and articulation accuracy were correlated with QCL. Also, bisyllabic word listening ability was significantly correlated with QCL, predicting 30.2% of QCL. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest the need to improve QCL of ACI by participating in aural rehabilitation programs and that improving listening ability will have a positive influence on the overall quality of life of adults with cochlear implant.
The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effect of auditory training with music for hearing aid users. Methods: A total of 19 adults (9 for auditory training group and 10 for non auditory training group) with sensorineural hearing loss participated. The training group was involved at three times per a week for ten-weeks period. The auditory training with music was conducted for 30 minutes, and the training with the speech in the noise, i.e., 0 and 6 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) was conducted for 10 minutes. Word recognition scores and sentence perception in the noise conditions (+6 and 0 dB SNR) were measured at pre-and post-training and at 6 months after the training sessions. Results: There was no significant difference of the word recognition scores between two groups in the quiet condition. However, under noisy circumstances (at both +6 and 0 dB SNR), the auditory training group showed higher speech perception scores than the non-training group in the post-training and 6 month follow-up tests. Conclusion: We suggest that the auditory training with music will be helpful to the adults with hearing aids. However, in order for the auditory training with music to be effective, their motivation should be considered.
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