Assessment of the psychosocial impacts of cochlear implants on adult recipients and their partners.

Assessment of the psychosocial impacts of cochlear implants on adult recipients and their partners.

Cochlear Implants Int. 2016 Feb 3;

Authors: Chen S, Karamy B, Shipp D, Nedzelski J, Chen J, Lin V

Abstract
Objectives In the present study we sought to evaluate the psychosocial and quality of life (QOL) impacts of cochlear implant (CI) treatment on both CI recipients and their partners in a Canadian population. Methods A qualitative cross-sectional contemporary cohort evaluation was conducted by distributing specifically designed questionnaires to both CI recipients and their partners at their follow-up appointments over a month at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Results It was found that both CI recipients and their partners demonstrated substantial benefit and improvement in multiple psychosocial domains. Discussion Musical listening was found to show variable improvements between recipients. Further analysis found a simple correlation where the group of recipients who all had a hearing disability for a longer duration had demonstrated a higher proportion of improvement in musical listening. CI recipients endorsed having improved QOL which was in agreement with proxy observation by partners. Conclusion Overall, CI use has been shown to have significant benefit to psychosocial well-being of CI recipients. This benefit is also conferred to their caregivers/partners; which in our society concerned about caregiver burden is quite important to recognize.

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