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Ugeskr Laeger. 2006 Aug 14;168(33):2656-2659. Links





[Effect on quality of life of cochlear implantation in deaf adults.]
[Article in Danish]



Wanscher JH, Faber CE, Grontved AM.





INTRODUCTION: Our aim was to assess the effect of cochlear implant (CI)
surgery on the mental quality of life in totally deaf adults using a
generic type of questionnaire.



MATERIALS AND METHODS: The survey comprised 40 adult CI users who
answered a standard and a retrospective version of the Short Form 36
questionnaire (SF-36). In the questionnaires, specific questions focused
on four dimensions of the mental quality of life: vitality, social
functioning, and emotional and mental health.



RESULTS: Due to qualitative and quantitative deficiencies, the emotional
scale was omitted. A statistically significant improvement in the
quality of life (p<05) was demonstrated in the three remaining subscales
between pre-implant and post-implant scores. The greatest improvement
was observed in the social functioning subscale. Pre-implant mean scores
on all three subscales of the SF-36 were markedly below the mean scores
of the equivalent subscales of the Danish population, whereas the
post-implant mean scores in two out of three cases were above the mean
scores of the Danish population.



DISCUSSION: CI was shown to have a statistically significant positive
impact on the quality of life of adult deaf patients. This is in
accordance with other published studies.











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