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Assessment of the psychosocial impacts of cochlear implants on adult recipients and their partners.
Cochlear Implants Int
January 2017
a Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery , Sunnybrook Cochlear Implant Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, FRCSC - University of Toronto, Canada.
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.