Investigating the Impacts of Cochlear Implantation on the Happiness and Self-Esteem of Mothers of Children with Severe Hearing Loss

Saki, Nader; Yadollahpour, Ali; Moniri, Someyeh; Karimi, Majid; Bayat, Arash; Abshirini, Hassan; Nikakhlagh, Soheila

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“…Children with severe to profound hearing loss manifest a delay in expressive and receptive language skills compared with the age-matched normal-hearing counterparts. These children receive no significant benefit of auditory access from conventional hearing aids so that they need an alternative approach and CI is an efficient treatment option 7 . However, when they receive a CI device they can begin developing near-normal rates of language growth and educating in regular education school settings alongside their hearing peers [7][8][9][10] .…”

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Factors Affecting Age of Diagnosis and Rehabilitation Intervention in Children Receiving Cochlear Implant

Saki¹,

Abshirini²,

Bayat³

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Background and Objective: Age of cochlear implantation (CI) is an important factor for restoring normal auditory processing and different language skills so that early diagnosis of hearing loss significantly influences the rate of developmental skills in these children. The present study aimed to investigate different factors affecting the age of hearing loss diagnosis and CI in children with hearing loss. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional trial conducted on the children with hearing loss that underwent CI (n=252) in the Khuzestan Cochlear Implant center, Ahvaz, Iran during 2012 to 2015. The demographic data of children and parents, age of diagnosis, application of hearing aid, and rehabilitation therapy were collected through a questionnaire during the regular visits of the patients. The data were analyzed using statistical package SPSS (Windows, version 18).The normality of data and homogeneity of variances were evaluated through Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Leven tests, respectively. Then, T-test was used to evaluate the statistically significance of the difference and Pearson correlation coefficient to determine the relationship between the quantitative variables. Results: The mean age of diagnosis was 10.7 months (range 0.1 to 60 months). Of 252 patients, 131 (52%) were male and 121 (48%) were female (p=0.98) and 123 patients (50.2%) had a positive family history of hearing loss or deafness (p<0.0001). In addition, 17 patients (6.9%) had a favorable economic status, while 96 (38.9%) had a moderate and 134 (53.2%) a low economic status. Interestingly, 78.8% of the deaf children were from parents of consanguineous marriages, and 12.2% from non-consanguineous unions. Of the six studied variables, only family history and family relationship variables showed significant relationship with age of diagnosis of hearing loss. Conclusion: Providing comprehensive basic information and increased awareness may help all parents, even those with low socioeconomic status and educational level, to detect hearing loss in their newborns as early as possible. This approach could prevent the consequent adverse effects of hearing loss on psychological, social, and social dimensions as well as on educational achievement in childhood.

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Factors Affecting Age of Diagnosis and Rehabilitation Intervention in Children Receiving Cochlear Implant

Saki¹,

Abshirini²,

Bayat³

et al. 2018

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“…The performance of individuals with a CI can vary to a great extent. [17] One of the most important variables that can affect the subject's performance is the presentation of electrical stimulation from the CI device to the auditory nerve. The activity of the auditory system pathways can be recorded through auditory evoked potentials.…”

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2018

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Objective: The present study aimed to compare neural response telemetry (NRT) and electrical stapedius reflex (ESR) with behavioral thresholds in pre-and post-lingual cochlear implant (CI) recipients. Materials and Methods: A total of 30 patients (15 males and 15 females) aged 3-40 years old were participated in this study. They were underwent CI operation at Khuzestan CI, Ahvaz, Iran, from March 2013 to August 2016. The NRT and ESR values were measured in all patients and compared with the respective behavioral threshold at the same time. Results: The NRT and ESR thresholds were determined successfully in all patients. The NRT thresholds showed significant correlation with the C-levels (r = 0.645, P < 0.001) and fell at 74.12% of the dynamic range of the map in children and at 85% in adults. Our data indicated that there was a strong correlation between the mean ESR and behavioral thresholds (C-levels) in children (r = 0.78, P = 0.004) and adults (r = 0.82, P < 0.001). The mean behavioral thresholds were identical between males and females (independent sample t-test, P > 0.05). In addition, both NRT and ESR showed no statistical difference between males and females (independent sample t-test, P > 0.05). Conclusion: Both ESR and NRT thresholds showed strong correlation with the respective behavioral thresholds; however, the ESR threshold may be a better predictor of C-levels values compared with the NRT thresholds.

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“…[12] Therefore, several non-medication techniques have been developed for the treatment of depression including neurofeedback and biofeedback, transcranial direct current stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, and rTMS. [10,[13][14][15] Neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies on the brain of depressed patients have indicated that certain regions of the brain are involved in depression development such asDLPFC, subgenual cingulate gyrus, and limbic nucleus. [16][17][18] In this regard, the metabolic activities of specific regions of the brain are modulated in depression.…”

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Psychiatric disorders are the most common debilitating diseases worldwide. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has shown therapeutic outcomes in different neurophysiology and neuropsychiatric disorders. Despite controversial findings on the therapeutic outcomes of this technique in different psychiatric disorders, researchers emphasize on developing this technique as an alternative or adjunctive modality for these disorders. Depression, different hallucinations, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance abuse are the main disorders have shown good treatment response to rTMS. This study aims to comprehensively overview the applications and recent advances in rTMS applications in psychiatric disorders. The databases of PubMed (1985PubMed ( -2017, Web of Sciences (1985-2017, Embase (1985-2017), Cochrane Central Library (1985-2017), and Google Scholar (1985-2017 were searched using the keywords of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation OR rTMS AND psychiatric disorders AND treatment. The retrieved records were reviewed, and the relevant studies were selected for further review. Repeated sessions of low frequency (≤5 Hz) rTMS induce long-lasting neural inhibition or depotentiation, whereas high frequency (>5 Hz) induces long-lasting neural excitability or potentiation. Depending on the neural alteration induced by a disorder, low-or high-frequency rTMS is used for the treatment. The rTMS is approved as acute treatment for major depression. The other diseases with promising outcomes are different hallucinations, OCD, and PTSD. rTMS seems to be an alternative or adjunctive therapeutic modality in different psychiatric disorders. To reach efficient clinical application for each disorder, further randomized clinical trials, as well as preclinical studies, are needed.

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Investigating the Impacts of Cochlear Implantation on the Happiness and Self-Esteem of Mothers of Children with Severe Hearing Loss

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Factors Affecting Age of Diagnosis and Rehabilitation Intervention in Children Receiving Cochlear Implant

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