Bullying and Cyberbullying among Students with Cochlear Implants

Abstract

Bullying is a significant problem for young people nowadays, regardless of their identity, culture, or background. Although the scientific evidence warns of a greater impact of bullying on vulnerable groups such as cochlear implant (CI) users, few specific studies have been carried out in this regard. As such, the fundamental objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of both traditional bullying and cyberbullying among Spanish adolescents and young people with CI. Parents with children CI users were also invited to participate to explore their perspective concerning the victimization of their children. The information was collected using one survey for students aged 11–23 year (n = 102) and another for parents (n = 127). Beyond the frequency and types of bullying suffered or the methods used for coping with victimization, results also show lower rates of bullying when students were asked specifically with a single-item question than when applying multi-item questionnaires. The results are discussed in terms of the broader international bullying and victimization literature.

Cochlear implant-specific risks should be considered, when assessing the quality of life of children and adolescents with hearing loss and cochlear implants–not just cochlear implant-specific benefits–Perspective

“…In this case, dependency on the CI will be experienced as stressful. Feijóo et al (2021) reported increased prevalence rates of peer victimization of young CI users compared to normal-hearing peers. 7 Warner-Czyz et al (2018) found higher rates among young CI users compared to adolescents with hearing aids.…”

“…In this case, dependency on the CI will be experienced as stressful Feijóo et al (2021). reported increased prevalence rates of peer victimization of young CI users compared to normal-hearing peers.…”

“… [CI: 23.5% for traditional victimization and 8.8% for cybervictimization; hearing: 9.3 and 6.9%, respectively;Rodríguez-Hidalgo et al (2019) andFeijóo et al (2021)]. 8 See for example the information of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance https://www.acialliance.org/page/telehealth.…”

Neke karakteristike sajber vršnjačkog nasilja i sajber viktimizacije u populaciji osoba sa ometenošću – Pregled istraživanja

“…Kada je reč o deci i adolescentima sa kohlearnim implantatom, zabeležena rasprostranjenost sajber vršnjačkog nasilja, odnosno sajber viktimizacije iznosi 7%, odnosno 9%, i niža je u odnosu na rasprostranjenost tradicionalnih oblika ove vrste nasilja (Feijóo et al, 2021). Kao moguće objašnjenje ovakvog nalaza, autori su naveli poteškoće u prepoznavanju maltertiranja čak i od strane samih žrtava, što je potvrđeno i u istraživanju kojim su obuhvaćeni adolescenti i odrasle osobe sa ometenošću (González-Calatayud et al, 2021).…”

“…ili sestrama, što je empirijski prikazano na slučaju dece i adolescenata sa kohlearnim implantatom (Feijóo et al, 2021).…”