Self-esteem in children and adolescents with hearing loss.

Children with hearing loss are at risk for lower self-esteem due to differences from hearing peers relative to communication skills, physical appearance, and social maturity. This study examines the influence of generic factors unrelated to hearing loss (e.g.

American parent perspectives on quality of life in pediatric cochlear implant recipients.

Objectives: Cochlear implantation influences not only communication but also psychosocial outcomes in children with severe to profound hearing loss. Focusing on issues specific to cochlear implantation (e.g.

A comparative study of psychosocial development in children who receive cochlear implants.

Objectives: This study assessed self-reported quality of life of children with a cochlear implant (CI), comparing results with two published reports from the past decade.

Methods: Participants included 33 pediatric CI recipients with a mean age of 10.12 years (SD = 3.

Cochlear implantation updates: the Dallas Cochlear Implant Program.

This report provides an overview of many research projects conducted by the Dallas Cochlear Implant Program, a joint enterprise between the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and Children's Medical Center. The studies extend our knowledge of factors influencing communication outcomes in users of cochlear implants. Multiple designs and statistical techniques are used in the studies described including both cross sectional and longitudinal analyses.

Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents who use cochlear implants.

Objective: Examination of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and adolescents who wear a cochlear implant (CI) primarily has depended on parent proxy report of the child's HRQoL rather than child self-report and generic domains rather than CI-specific issues. This study simultaneously assessed self-report ratings on a generic HRQoL instrument and a preliminary CI module in pediatric CI users. The impact of demographic factors (chronologic age, age at CI, and CI experience) on HRQoL also was explored.

The children speak: an examination of the quality of life of pediatric cochlear implant users.

Objective: To examine the results of health-related quality-of-life questionnaire scores from profoundly deaf children fitted with at least one cochlear implant (CI) and to compare their responses with those of normal-hearing mates of similar age and their parents.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study utilizing a generic quality-of-life questionnaire designed to be completed by both parents and children independently of each other.

Setting: Questionnaires completed at various summer camps designed for children with CIs in Texas and Colorado.

Parent versus child assessment of quality of life in children using cochlear implants.

Objective: Children with hearing loss who use cochlear implants have lower quality of life (QoL) in social situations and lower self-esteem than hearing peers. The child's QoL has been assessed primarily by asking the parent rather than asking the child. This poses a problem because parents have difficulty judging less observable aspects like self-esteem and socio-emotional functioning, the domains most affected by hearing loss.