Factors predictive of entry into a university of high school graduates with cochlear implant (s)

Saito Yusuke, Shirai Kyouko, Tomizawa Ayako, Nonami Naoko, Kawano Atushi, Suginaka Takuo, Tsukada Kiyoaki

doi:10.4295/audiology.60.136

<p>　The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that might be predictive of entry into university of high school graduates with cochlear implant (s). The participants were 34 students (male: 16, female: 18) who graduated either from a high schools or the high school department of a special support school for the deaf in 2012-2016. The students' mean age at cochlear implantation was 6.1 years (standard deviation, SD: 3.0 years) and the mean duration of the device usage was 13.0 years (SD: 2.9 years). With the cochlear implant, the mean hearing acuity was 24.9 decibels (SD: 6.0 decibels) and the mean word intelligibility was 79.9% (SD: 19.4%). Out of the 34 participants, 21 enrolled in university, while the remaining 13 did not. Using t-testing and effect size (r), the scores for the following potentially predictive factors were compared between the group that “entered” and the group that “did not enter” university: 1) chronological age; 2) age at diagnosis of hearing disorder; 3) month at cochlear implantation; 4) duration of use of the device; 5) hearing acuity; 6) word intelligibility; 7) receptive vocabulary score at the time of entering elementary school; 8) hearing acuity and word intelligibility while attending high school. The results of “r” showed that the receptive vocabulary score following entry into elementary school was the strongest predictive factor for entry of the students into university.</p>

Factors predictive of entry into a university of high school graduates with cochlear implant (s)

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