An Exploration of Quality of Life Perceptions of Cochlear Implant Recipients and Their Frequent Communication Partners.
Purpose: Quality of life (QoL) after cochlear implantation has been investigated using a variety of QoL questionnaires. However, few studies have examined the perceived QoL of cochlear implant (CI) recipients compared between the recipient and a frequent communication partner (FCP) using both hearin...
| Publicado en: | Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups Vol. 8; no. 6; pp. 1397 - 1409 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Dec2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=174109530&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 174109530 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 2381473X KTSD jtl: Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups issn: 2381473X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2023 vid: 8 iid: 6 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association place: Rockville, Maryland artinfo: ui: 174109530 174109530 174109530 10.1044/2023_PERSP-23-00029 174109530 ppf: 1397 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: An Exploration of Quality of Life Perceptions of Cochlear Implant Recipients and Their Frequent Communication Partners. aug: au: Bishop, Jessica L. Flagge, Ashley G. affil: Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of South Alabama, Mobile sug: subj: Quality of Life Cochlear Implant Communication Methods Hearing Disorders Human Male Female Young Adult Adult Middle Age Aged Case Studies Questionnaires Patient Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being Hearing Physiology Outcome Assessment Social Media Open-Ended Questionnaires Sample Size Descriptive Statistics Comparative Studies kappa Statistic Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Purpose: Quality of life (QoL) after cochlear implantation has been investigated using a variety of QoL questionnaires. However, few studies have examined the perceived QoL of cochlear implant (CI) recipients compared between the recipient and a frequent communication partner (FCP) using both hearing-related (hearing-specific) and health-general (health-general) measures. Method: For this multiple case study, five participant pairs were recruited, consisting of five adult recipients who were implanted at least 6 months prior to the time of evaluation and five adult FCPs who lived with the recipient at the time of evaluation. All 10 participants (five pairs) completed a health-general questionnaire (Medical Outcome Study Short-Form Survey 12-Item [SF-12]), and eight participants (four pairs) completed a disease specific questionnaire (Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire [NCIQ]). Results: Both recipients and partners tended to score similarly to each other on both measures. However, both groups scored higher on the SF-12 than the NCIQ. Results also revealed a better interrater agreement between pairs on the SF-12 compared to the NCIQ. Conclusions: Overall, scores for recipients and partners were higher for the health-general SF-12 compared to the hearing-related NCIQ. Additionally, rater agreement was better for the SF-12 compared to the NCIQ, suggesting that differences in QoL perceptions exist for more hearing-specific challenges. These results highlight potential differences in perception of recipient QoL postimplantation as illustrated through the use of multiple QoL measures. Results speak to the importance of open communication between recipients and partners. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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