A survey of pediatric cochlear implant recipients as young adults
| Autor: | Blake C. Papsin, Mary-Lynn Feness, Sharon L. Cushing, Gillian M. Liberman, Morrison M. Steel, Karen A. Gordon, Leanne A. Ruderman, Hillary Ganek, Gina Goulding |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Employment
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 132:109902 |
| ISSN: | 0165-5876 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.109902 |
| Popis: | Objectives To identify the influence of pediatric cochlear implantation on long term communication modality, education, and income. Methods A telephone survey was conducted with 56 young adults who had received cochlear implants (CI) as children. The participants were, on average, 10.6 (SD = 64) when they received their CI and 21 (SD = 2.29) when they participated in this study. All of the participants used a unilateral CI at the time of the survey. Where applicable, survey results were compared to the general population of similar aged individuals in Ontario using chi-squared tests of proportionality. Results Participants (49/56, 88%) indicated that they used their CI all waking hours and 75% (42/56) reported using spoken language as their primary mode of communication. They attended post-secondary school at higher rates than the general population (χ2(1) = 14.35, p Conclusion The findings from this study suggest that young adults who received a unilateral CI in childhood typically continue to use their CIs to support spoken language. Their increased rates of post-secondary education are encouraging and they may be choosing unique areas of study. Longer term studies are required to further investigate lower rates of employment in this cohort. |
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