Cochlear implant: the family’s perspective

Abstract

Cochlear implantation changes the direction of the child and the family's life by restoring the child's opportunity to hear and to obtain good results in her personal, social, and academic development. Even after implantation, the child continues to experience difficulties and requires the family's mobilization in order to be successful. The family is the principal actor in the process of the child's rehabilitation.

Health Literacy in the Context of Implant Care—Perspectives of (Prospective) Implant Wearers on Individual and Organisational Factors

“…There is some evidence, for example, that young individuals wearing cochlear implants with a low tolerance of ambiguity worry more about technological hazards [ 30 ]. Other studies have also addressed technology failure and damage prevention [ 29 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ].…”

Long-Term Device Satisfaction and Safety after Cochlear Implantation in Children

“…These temporal bone anomalies are associated with a wide range of hearing acuity, varying degrees of progression of hearing loss, and presence or absence of related non-otological anomalies [ 14 ]. Besides the widely discussed etiology-related reasons for various degrees of beneficial performance of implanted children, also age at surgery, time of CI activation, time of auditory deprivation, access to speech therapy as well as family engagement in the therapeutic processes, and the time of daily use of the device (hence, the real benefit to its user) have been highly discussed as confounding factors [ 15 , 16 , 17 ]. The here investigated study cohort, with a rather high mean age at implantation of 6.60 ± 3.40 years (range: 1–18), underlines once more the many different impairment factors when it comes to the beneficial development of hearing, here apparently caused by long wearing times and user satisfaction.…”

Variáveis influenciadoras na qualidade de vida de crianças com implante coclear: revisão sistemática

“…However, surgery and CI adaptation alone do not guarantee the full benefit of its users. Several variables can interfere with the performance and quality of life of implanted children, such as: etiology, age at surgery and CI activation, time of auditory sensory deprivation, preoperative auditory residue, the number of electrodes inserted in the cochlea, the time of daily use of the device, insertion in specialized speech therapy based on the aurioral approach and family involvement in the therapeutic process (4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10) .…”

“…In order to guarantee better development results in children with hearing loss, studies suggest that the therapeutic process with electronic devices should be started early, associated with appropriate measures of habilitation with specialized speech therapy, augmented with intense planning of family guidance and counseling. This premise accompanied by other variables can influence the development of auditory skills, the process of acquisition and development of spoken communication, in addition to the insertion and participation of children in different environments, with better results on self-confidence, autonomy, well-being, happiness, schooling processes, socialization and the quality of life of these children and their families (4,6,10,11,(13)(14)(15) .…”