THE USE OF QUALITATIVE QUESTIONNAIRES IN PATIENTS HAVING AND BEING CONSIDERED FOR COCHLEAR IMPLANTS

Citation
F. Zhao et al., THE USE OF QUALITATIVE QUESTIONNAIRES IN PATIENTS HAVING AND BEING CONSIDERED FOR COCHLEAR IMPLANTS, Clinical otolaryngology and allied sciences, 22(3), 1997, pp. 254-259
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
ISSN journal
03077772
Volume
22
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
254 - 259
Database
ISI
SICI code
0307-7772(1997)22:3<254:TUOQQI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Within this study we have examined the particular hearing complaints o f patients being considered for a cochlear implant and the specific be nefits/shortcomings experienced by implanted patients using open-ended questionnaires. As we expected, the difficulty of hearing general con versation was the most common individual hearing complaint. However, 4 5% of complaints were concentrated in the 'psychosocial' category, whi ch was significantly higher than that found among general audiological rehabilitation patients. The average number of benefits listed by pat ients having implants was significantly higher than that of the shortc omings. Moreover, the main benefits listed were focused on the acousti cal and psychological factors, e.g. 'environmental sound awareness','g eneral conversation easier' and 'feeling of self-confidence'. The main shortcomings were related to the acoustical and practical areas, e.g. hearing difficulty in noisy background, processor being cumbersome.