Influence of Additional SocialEnvironment on the Performance of a Child with Cochlear Implant

Czech version

Authors: M. Groma ^**; L. Šimková ^*; M. Profant; Z. Kabátová; Š. Šimko ^*; K. Seginko
Authors‘ workplace: I. Otolaryngologická klinika LF UK, FN a SPAM, Bratislava, prednosta prof. MUDr. M. Profant, CSc. Foniatrické oddelenie FN, Bratislava, primár MUDr. Š. Šimko, CSc. *Pedagogická fakulta UK, Bratislava ^**
Published in: Otorinolaryngol Foniatr, , 2003, No. 3, pp. 133-138.
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Overview

Majority of papers evaluate progress of children with cochlear implant according tothe clinical presumptions (audiological, logopedical, psychological, age in time of cochlear implantation).Only few papers pay attention to wider sphere of factors that can have an influence on theperformance of a child with cochlear implant. The goal of this paper is to define social aspects thatmay play a major role in the development of a child with cochlear implant. Forty two childrenoperated in the Cochlear implant center Bratislava that use cochlear implant. Forty two childrenoperated in the Cochlear implant center Bratislava that use cochlear implant at least one year havebeen observed. These children have been devided in two groups: 1. Children that fulfilled ourexpectation due to their clinical pressumptions (audiological, logopedical, psychological, age in timeof Cochlear implantation), 2. Children that did not fulfil our expectation. In each group thefollowing social and demographic characteristics have been evaluated:Completnes of the family, socio-cultural family status, involvement of the family in the rehabilitationprocess, educational style in the family, type of school attended, region in which the family withimplanted child live.From the observed and evaluated data the most important influence on the performance of a childwith cochlear implant have following social anddemographic factors: educational style in the family(especially consistency in education), socio-cultural family status (level of education, economicalsituation, social status, involvement of the family in rehabilitation process.Some social and demographic factors play as important role in the progress of a child with cochlearimplant as clinical factors. These social and demographic factors should be observed and evaluatedthe selection of cochlear implant candidates to reach expected results.

Key words:
cochlear implantation, clinical presumptions of cochlear implantation, social anddemographic characteristics.

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