Psychosocial adjustment in adolescents who have used cochlear implants since preschool.

摘要: Objectives: This study examined psychosocial characteristics of students who had used a cochlear implant (CI) since preschool and were evaluated when they in elementary grades again high school. The four goals: (1) to determine the extent which skills documented maintained into school; (2) assess long-term CI users identified with Deaf community or hearing world both; (3) examine association between group identification student's sense self-esteem, preferred communication mode, spoken language skills; (4) describe extracurricular teenagers mainstreamed age-mates for most their academic experience. Design: As part larger study, 112 (aged 15.0 18.6 yrs) parents completed questionnaires describing social skills, subsample 107 self-esteem questionnaires. Results compared either control (N = 46) age-appropriate norms provided by assessment developer. Results: Average ratings from both at school indicated positive self-image throughout years. Seventy percent adolescents expressed strong (32%) mixed deaf communities (38%). Almost all (95%) more than half day, majority (85%) appropriate grade age. Virtually (98%) reported having friends, friends. More 75% that primarily communicate good enabled them participate fully aspects lives. Identification was not associated personal adjustment problems but better speech perception English skill. Ninety-four active participants activities sports, 50% held part-time jobs (a rate similar teens). Conclusions: these early-implanted least world. However, results must be viewed light possible sources sample selection bias may represent entire population children receiving CIs.