Cochlear implantation in deaf children and adolescents: effects on family schooling and personal well-being

Interpreting parental proxy reports of (health-related) quality of life for children with unilateral cochlear implants

“…Over 250 children and 200 adults are implanted in the UK (United Kingdom) each year [1], with the Nottingham Paediatric Cochlear Implant Programme (NPCIP) implanting around 40 children per annum. Implants offer users a sensation of hearing which can lead to a number of benefits including enhanced speech intelligibility [2,3] and auditory perception [4][5][6], an enhanced likelihood of mainstream educational placement for children [7,8], as well as broader measures of outcome such as psychological well-being, social integration and quality of life [9][10][11]. This paper focuses on issues concerned with the measurement of health related quality of life (HRQL) and quality of life (QoL) for children with unilateral cochlear implants.…”

Comparison of self-esteem level of adolescents with cochlear implant and normal hearing

“…These kinds of worries may become so serious that they may refuse using the equipment. This causes the adolescent to have communication problems by affecting his/her hearing negatively and to separate himself from his family or social environment and also causes his self-esteem to diminish [5]. So it is generally thought that it is really important that the adolescent should be evaluated by experts and should be supported by his whole social environment.…”

Exploring the experiences of teenagers with cochlear implants

“…The psychological impact of cochlear implantation and how deaf adolescents integrated into their family and educational surroundings was also explored by Filipo et al (1999), but only in six adolescents. Personality traits and integration with family and school were explored using a variety of generic measures administered to the adolescents' pre-and post-implantation.…”