Patient employment status and satisfaction following cochlear implantation
| Autor: | Roger F Gray, Maisam Z Fazel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Employment Male medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Audiology Middle Aged Cochlear Implantation Speech and Hearing Patient questionnaire Otorhinolaryngology Hearing disability Patient Satisfaction Cochlear implant Retrospective analysis medicine Humans Job satisfaction Female Implant Postoperative Period Post implantation Cochlear implantation business |
| Zdroj: | Cochlear implants international. 8(2) |
| ISSN: | 1467-0100 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to look at the effect on employment and employee perception of career opportunities after receiving a cochlear implant. Retrospective analysis based on a patient questionnaire was conducted. Eighty patients were identified: 65 (81.3%) participated in the questionnaire. Forty-five patients (69.2%) were working prior to implant compared to 54 (83.9%) after implant. Job satisfaction rating rose from 5.56 to 6.82 following cochlear implantation. Twenty patients (30.8%) were unemployed prior to surgery while 11 (16.9%) remained unemployed post implantation. Twenty-six patients (57.7%) from the working group believed that their hearing disability had affected their career, while 18 (40%) from the same group believed that receiving the cochlear implant significantly improved their career prospects. Cochlear implantation is associated with an improved chance of being employed. It also helps with improved job satisfaction as well as improving employee perception of their career pr... |
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