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Purpose: 'Illness perceptions' refers to the thoughts and ideas a person has about an illness. According to Leventhal's Self-Regulatory Model (SRM), changing the threatening illness perceptions of cochlear implant (CI) recipients can be a further step in optimizing hearing outcomes with the CI. The aims of the present study were to assess users' illness perceptions and to determine whether perceptions change during six months of CI rehabilitation.

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Objective: Illness perceptions refer to thoughts and ideas an individual has about an illness. The aim was to understand how cochlear implant (CI) users' illness perceptions, in addition to their monosyllabic word recognition abilities, are associated with their self-perceived sound quality.

Design: Data were collected during routine CI check-up appointments.

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