PMID: 8588608Jul 1, 1994Paper

Advantages of disadvantages expected and reported by cochlear implant patients

The American Journal of Otology
R S Tyler

Abstract

An open-ended questionnaire was administered to 20 patients using the Nucleus multichannel cochlear implant and 21 patients using the Ineraid multichannel cochlear implant. Before surgery, they were asked to list the advantages and disadvantages that they expected from their cochlear implant. Advantages were expected in the categories of: (1) speech perception when speechreading can be used (65%); (2) environmental sound perception (58%); (3) psychological effects (14%); (4) speech perception when speechreading cannot be used (49%); (5) lifestyle and social effects (42%); and (6) speech production (5%). Disadvantages were expected in: (1) equipment malfunction (42%); (2) environmental sound perception (28%); (3) speech perception when speechreading can be used (7%); (4) psychological effects (24%); (5) speech perception when speechreading is not used (7%); and (6) lifestyle and social effects (7%). Concerns were also raised about the risk of surgery (9%). After several months (4-60 mo) of using their implant, patients were asked to list the advantages and disadvantages that they actually experienced. Advantages were reported in the categories of: (1) speech perception when speechreading can be used (86%); (2) environmental soun...Continue Reading

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