Health-Related Quality of Life With Cochlear Implants: The Children’s Perspective

Haukedal, Christiane Lingås; Lyxell, Björn; Wie, Ona Bø

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“…They have been identified through UNHS, technical intervention with CI/HA/Bahs was (fairly) early, and they have received early educational intervention with Auditory–Verbal Therapy at the preschool level, followed by AV guidance into the first three years of school. As opposed to a recent study of QoL and language outcomes [ 14 ], our study investigated a cohort where the educational intervention was a constant parameter and we found that our cohort with HI performed high on language and social well-being parameters. Therefore, we stress that future studies of cohorts with HI should state the kind of educational approach, as well as parameters of age at implant and type of hearing technology.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…Therefore, longitudinal studies of language development of pediatric populations with HI must always include investigation of the levels of social well-being [ 13 ]. Furthermore, there are documented significant associations between level of language and level of QoL [ 14 , 15 , 16 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This shift in educational placement is highly cost-beneficial to society, and furthermore, is associated with better overall language outcomes for children with HI. Language outcomes refer to all aspects of language, e.g., vocabulary, grammatical and lexical understanding, pragmatics, and phonology [ 7 , 14 ]. Over the past decades, it has been documented that with early technical and educational intervention, children with HI are able to acquire language within the normal range [ 17 , 18 , 19 ].…”

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Language Development for the New Generation of Children with Hearing Impairment

Percy-Smith

Wischmann²,

Josvassen³

et al. 2021

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A new generation of children with hearing impairment (HI) has emerged due to the introduction of universal neonatal hearing screening, medical–surgical/technical and educational advances. Aim: Investigation of long-term development of vocabulary and social well-being of children with HI, including children with HI and additional disability. Method and Material: The project design was prospective, longitudinal, and comparative. Level of receptive vocabulary was compared to children with normal hearing, type of hearing technology, gender, additional disability, diagnosis of HI, level of social well-being, and start age for use of hearing technology. A total of 231 children participated. Intervention included early start of hearing technology and three years of auditory–verbal therapy (AVT) at the preschool level, followed by 3 years of AV guidance at the school level. Results: Children with HI scored within the norm for receptive vocabulary but were outperformed by the control group. Children with HI and a diagnosed additional disability scored lower than children without additional disability, in terms of parental assessments of social well-being. Children with additional disabilities showed positive progression in terms of receptive vocabulary development. Conclusions: New generations with HI possess the potential to succeed academically in accordance with individual abilities and become active participants in the working market.

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Language Development for the New Generation of Children with Hearing Impairment

Percy-Smith

Wischmann²,

Josvassen³

et al. 2021

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“…While some results revealed similarities between the emotional abilities of healthy and deaf children (Ziv, Most, & Cohen, 2013), other findings evidenced that children with hearing loss, in comparison to their peers with normal hearing, were at high risk of fatigue (Hornsby, Werfel, Camarata, & Bess, 2014). Further, children with CIs reported concerns about social and school functioning, according to Haukedal, Lyxell, and Wie (2019), when they were assessed by the generic questionnaire Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Finally, studies found benefits in the social competence of children with CIs or HAs (Muñoz et al, 2016;Freeman, Pisoni, Kronenberger, & Castellanos, 2017).…”

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Children with Hearing Loss Health-Related Quality of Life and Parental Perceptions

Rosa¹,

Angulo²

2020

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This study aimed to evaluate two objectives: first, the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and socio-demographic characteristics of children with cochlear implants (CIs) or hearing aids (HAs) on the Kid-KINDLR_children_7-13 questionnaire, and second to analyze parental background factors and the perceptions of their children with CIs or HAs on the Kid_Kiddo-KINDLR_Parents_ 7-17 questionnaire. The data consisted of 89 children with CIs and 63 children with HAs and their 89 parents, respectively. The characteristics of children and the parental factors included demographic and audiological variables. Student’s t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the two objectives. Children with CIs exhibited a perception of better HRQoL in comparison with children with HAs. Among other differences, children with CIs or HAs and their parents were significantly distinct in the variable Setting (t = 2.921, p < 0.010). Moreover, parents of children with CIs or HAs were significantly different among them in some background factors (i.e., age, socioeconomic status, and learning). Children with CIs and their parents demonstrated a perception of better HRQoL than children with HAs and their parents. These findings added to the existing knowledge about the benefits of CIs for children with hearing loss. Parents of children with CIs noted the significance of social and emotional development as a marker of well-being in their children’s lives.

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“…Besonders die Gruppe der Kinder mit einem Cochleaimplantat wird intensiv beforscht. Bei näherer Betrachtung der vorliegenden Beiträge stellt man einige Probleme hinsichtlich der Vergleichbarkeit der vorliegenden Studien fest, die es erschweren, eindeutige Aussagen zur Lebensqualität hörgeschädigter Kinder und Jugendlicher zu treffen [6,7] Es bestätigt sich, dass in den Studien, in denen Vergleiche der Lebensqualität von hörgeschädigten Kindern mit derjenigen von hörenden Kindern angestellt werden, die Ergebnisse der hörgeschädigten Kinder im Schnitt immer schlechter ausfallen, die hörgeschädigten Kinder also eine geringere Lebensqualität aufweisen [9,21,22,23,24]. Weiter scheint sich zu bestätigen, dass die Lebensqualität in Bezug auf die sozialen Beziehungen und die Erfahrungen in der Schule in besonderer Weise gefährdet ist, während die Lebensqualität in Bezug auf das körperliche und emotionale Wohlbefinden weniger negativ tangiert wird.…”

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