ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: The goal was to develop a quantifiable, self-assessment health-
related quality of life (QoL) instrument for use in cochlear implant (CI) users. DESIGN: Three …

Purpose This scoping review examines the available evidence on the effect of unilateral
cochlear implantation (CI) in adults with postlingual bilateral hearing loss on societal-related …

Objective The present study sought to document the psycho-social adjustment of 181 school-
aged deaf children who have had a cochlear implant for 4 or more yr and to examine …

Objective: To evaluate changes in quality of life, anxiety, and depression after cochlear
implantation in adults. Design: Twenty-seven postlingually deafened adults who had …

Importance Utility is a single-value, preference-based measure of health-related quality of
life that represents the desirability of a health state relative to being dead or in perfect health …

OBJECTIVE:: To determine families' perceived benefits of cochlear implants in children with
multiple-handicaps. METHODS:: Parents/guardians of a child with a cochlear implant for at …

Objective: To assess the effect of the use of cochlear implants (CI) on the health status of
postlingually deaf adults. Methods: Participants comprised 45 postlingually deaf adult …

Objective Current clinical outcome measures for adults receiving cochlear implants (CIs)
consist of word and sentence recognition, primarily under quiet conditions. However, these …

Objective: A postlingually deaf patient who receives a cochlear implant (CI) acquires
multiple benefits, not just audiological but also nonaudiological: improvement in quality of …

The aim of this grounded theory study was to gain a deeper understanding of what it means
to profoundly deaf adults to undergo cochlear implantation and their experience of living …